Hardwork, Good Preparation Determined My A-Level Success ––Best Graduating student
Written by Kehinde Adio
Saturday,
Ijeoma Nwabudike
According to her, Advanced level education has the capability to boost the academic quality in our education system, as record has shown that over 70 percent of the students who passed through A- level programme to the university often finished with excellent grades.
“In the light of this, students should prepare their minds for the A-level programme, should they not pass the Joint Matriculation Examination Board’s (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) creditably enough to secure university admission,” Mrs. Bamgbose advised.
Given the assumed and seeming difficulties attributed to the programme, Miss Ijeoma Nwabudike, one of the graduating students of EAC has disabused the minds of thousands of Nigerian students with her distinction in the A-level Cambridge examination she wrote recently.
WhizzKIDZ gathered that Ijeoma enrolled for three subjects in the 2011 A-level Cambridge examination and she did very well. In a chat with WhizzKIDZ during the week, she shared her experience and how she came about her distinctions.
According to her, prior to this time, She attended Jewel Model Secondary School, Kubwa, Abuja. At the end she finished with an A1 in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Foods and Nutrition; a B2 in English and B3 in Economics and Igbo respectively.
“After my O-Level results, I gained admission into the University of Lagos. During the screening, I was turned back because of my age; I was 15 then. The screening coordinator there then advised me to take the A-level examination instead of wasting my time at home. The programme was very helpful, and the associated course work is very wide, it equally enables one to understand some of the past work better. By the special grace of God, I prepared for the A -level examinations by studying the textbooks. Also, I studied the past questions and this helped me to understand the structure and scope of the questions. Aside my personal efforts, EAC contributed 99 per cent towards my success.
So, I’m glad to say that at the end of the exercise, my scores are as follows: Biology- 92; (A*) ;Chemistry; 100 A*; and Physics; 97 A*. You may want to ask how I made it. In the first instance, I was not the only person with that good grade, there were others even before my set and there will still be more students that would make good grades in future at that school,” she said.
Speaking further, she attributed her success to God, her family and the staffers of EAC. According to her, she worked hard and some of her classmates who studied with her also helped her to understand some of the difficult topics. “However, the school determines the result. This is because best schools produce the best students. There is no magic that a student can perform in an examination without good teachers in a school with good teaching aids.
“Notwithstanding, attentiveness and punctuality in class on the part of the students make success a reality.
“My major challenge in the A-level programme was the short period of time that I had to study. I only spent five months to prepare for the examination that other people spend two years to prepare for. I overcame this by working even harder. EAC is a school that prepares students very well for A -level examinations. It has good teaching facilities and experienced teachers. During the course of my study and after, I observed that it is not how long that students prepare for the examination that determines their success, but how well they prepares for it. So, I would like to advice A -level students to work hard and ensure that they cover their syllabi. Hardwork is what differentiates a good student from a great student. More importantly, one needs to search for a very good and academic- based school to attend for the A- Level programme,’’ she said, stressing that the government should promote A-level education because it is very beneficial to students.
“Having said that, my mother works in the education sector and this is a key factor to my academic success as my parents have great reading habits and this helped me become an avid reader,” she added.
For her part, Mrs Bamgbose, a retired vice principal, while thanking God for the performance of Ijeoma, stated that the centre has produced several students with similar results since the inception of the school in 1996, adding that her child was also a product of the centre.
Speaking further, she said that “A-level programme is one of the ways by which government could address the poor and falling quality of university education in Nigeria. This is because the A-Level prepares a student mentally, morally academically and socially before he or she gets to the university.
It helps make them disciplined and teachable while also equipping them to face some of the challenges in the university. Research has shown that students who passed through A-level schools cannot be swayed by academic or social circumstances in the university . There was a time when A-Levels was the order of the day in Nigeria and those who went through it were performing very well in their respective faculties and even in their various professions after their academic progammes in the university. Now, it is becoming more imperative for Nigerian government to revisit the A-Level schools in its education reform process as the development will boost learning and self-sufficient education.”
SOURCE: http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/features/6642-hardwork-good-preparation-determined-my-a-level-success-best-graduating-student.html
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