Every Nigerian student who should be in school
but is presently at home because of ASUU strike
must make use of this strike to their advantage.
Rather than allow their destinies to be
jeopardized, they can turn this situation around
in their own favor. These are 15 things every
student must do before the ASUU strike is over.
1. CATCH UP ON LOST ACADEMIC WORK
If there was any academic related work that you
missed while school was still in session, you do
not have to wait until school resumes to catch up
on them. Use this god-given opportunity (or
rather ASUU-FG created opportunity) to your
advantage. If you missed a class note, update
your notes. Do all the omitted assignments. Write
your lab reports. Complete your class projects. Do
your team works. Perfect your field exercise. All of
this will make you readily prepared for
resumption once the strike is called off.
2. DEVELOP A TALENT
If you had ever felt school was boring to you, and
that you would have loved to develop an inborn
talent, but the enormous challenges of academic
work will not allow you devote time to channel
your energy towards a god given dream, then you
no longer have any excuse. Maximize this period
to develop this god given talent and make sure
you achieve a part of, if not all of that dream
before school resumes.
Write that book and publish it.
Go to studio with that song and release at least a
track, if not the complete album.
Produce that video.
Join a football club and make a name.
Whatever your talent is, do something about it
before the strike is over.
3. LEARN A SKILL
If you have never thought about a specific talent
in your life, you likely may say there is none to
develop. That will still not be an excuse for you to
waste these precious moments. Go learn a skill.
Look for something new to add to your life. Learn
a skill that will be relevant to your future.
Learn how to drive.
Learn how to swim.
Learn to make beads.
Learn how to sow dresses.
Learn hair dressing.
Learn event decoration.
Learn photography.
Learn publishing.
If you don’t find something to learn, go learn how
to cook (funny as it sounds). Just make sure you
learn a skill.
4. ORGANISE YOUR SCHOOL MATERIALS
The best time to get yourself organized for
resumption is now that there is still time to play
around. Gather up all your scattered school
materials and arrange them in a safe place. You
do not want to be looking for a textbook or an
important school note when school resumes, only
to find out that it has been carelessly soiled with
oil in the kitchen, or some pages torn away by a
sibling. Keep all of your school material in one
place so you can easily access them whenever the
Almighty ASUU and the Controller Generals of the
nation decides to settle their scores, be it political
or otherwise. It’s time to do some more
important things with your life.
5. ENGAGE IN CONSTANT WEEKLY REVISION
Do not just put your academic life on hold for
now because of the strike. Constantly engage in
revisions. Spread the courses you offer in school
over a period of time. Say, if you have registered
for eight courses this semester, spread them over
eight weeks. This means you will need to study
one course per week. So, dedicate at least one
day in each week for the study of this course. This
way, you likely may be able to cover all your
courses before the strike is called off, and you will
be in a better academic shape once school
resumes. Take advantage of this period to give
yourself an academic lift. If every student will do
this, this can be their best semester so far.
6. DO A PROFESSIONAL COURSE
Life is not just about certificates; some
professional courses carry much more weight
than B.Sc, or at least, add to the weight of your
degree. Intentionally go in search of such courses
and register for them. They do not cost a fortune.
Moreover, it is better than just sleeping and
waking and hoping that Uncle GEJ will change his
mind very soon about his stand on ASUU
demands. Invest your time in a professional
course organized by the professional body of the
course you are studying in school. Even if you do
not complete the course before resumption, their
schedule is so flexible that you can still combine it
with your normal academic schedule.
7. PROJECT INTO THE FUTURE
Most students do not have a well-planned out life.
They just hope that life will be fair on them once
they graduate from the university. If you are also
one of such, this is the best time to spend enough
time to plan your future and rightly channel it the
way you desire it goes. What will you like to do
after graduation? Service year is the ready answer
in your mind! What if Service is delayed by a year,
what will you do with the time? If Service
eventually comes, what will you do during service
year? Will you consider any pet project? What will
it be about? How will you raise fund for it? What
happens after Service year? Which organization
will you like to work with? Do they have a specific
requirement? How do you meet that requirement
in order to make your dream of working with
them possible? There are a million and one
questions that need to be answered before time,
and this is the best time to do that. And do not
forget to add this all important question “at what
stage after graduation do I want to be married?”
8. UPDATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
COMPUTERS
It is sad to note that while kindergartens in the
developed world are already being introduced to
computers, there are still final year students in
our universities who do not know how to use one
of the most common applications on the
computer – Microsoft Word. The closest they have
ever gotten to the IT world is to check their
facebook page on their java phones or reply their
emails using the opera mini on same phone.
Please, do not pretend to know what you do not
know; go update your computer knowledge. If
you don’t, you will not know what you have
missed until it is almost over for you.
9. ATTEND DEVELOPMENTAL SEMINARS
You will also need to attend as many
developmental seminars and conferences as you
can find around you. Some of them will cost some
money. However, you will also find some of them
free of all charge. These seminars will help you to
become a better person and prepare you for the
challenges of the labour market, challenges of
marriage, and every other challenges that may
come your way.
10. GET A PAID EMPLOYMENT
If you feel you will be better off with some extra
fund every month, then you may consider getting
a paid employment. Although, no company will
offer you the mouthwatering offer they give to
their new intakes, no matter what level you are in
the university (do not forget you are just a bloody
undergraduate), but at least, whatever you get at
the end of every month should save you the
embarrassment of having to call all the uncles you
have in the world just to renew your BIS, and you
will still have some change to play around with.
However, whether what they pay you will be
worth your time and your effort is left for you to
decide.
11. CATCH SOME FUN
All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. Do
not be a Jack; catch some fun. Take a weekend
out to visit an uncle outside your place of
residence. Check on a long-forgotten relative.
Attend a family function, say wedding, house
warming etc. Visit the zoo. Go check out the
National museum. Go for a midweek service in a
big church that is far away from your home
church. Give yourself a treat in an eatery. Go to a
recreation center. Visit the beach on a quiet day.
Whatever you can do to catch some fun, please
do. It is good for your health.
12. PRAY
Take time out to pray. There are so many things
you can pray about at your age. Pray for your
future. Pray for your relationships. Pray for your
academics. Pray for your family. More
importantly, pray that God should intervene and
bring a solution to the academic situation of the
country so that school can resume back on time.
13. GET CLOSER TO GOD
There is no better time in your life to start a
relationship with God than now. If you do not
have a relationship with him, you should begin to
reconsider your stand now. Those who do not
give God their audience while on campus do not
get his attention after graduating from campus. If
you have a relationship with Him already, be
more committed to the relationship.
14. READ STUDENTS SELF HELP BOOKS
STUDENTS SELF-HELP BOOKS (SSHB) authored by
Sam O. Salau, (Africa’s leading author on Students’
issues) are collections of carefully selected
materials specifically written to students to help
them become better in their academics and other
areas of their life.These titles are available in both
soft copies and hard copies

Nice one

TRUE THAT..

Finishd Reading.

OP, you did a good job bt dis thread would have been greatly appreciatd if it was opened at the early hrs of the strike cos ASUU strike as it seems has reachd its end.

But if afta Monday 25th November, nafin shows up, I wil find your thread useful.

Bless you

Fight for your rights!
Protest!!
Sue ASUU and fg..











Daz all

Well said.

But i didn't really pick anything.

Lazy me

All of this in how many months?
It seems op is really hoping 4 a year plus strike......anyway its a gud write up but it seems too late....

Erhmm...pls @OP tell me the time now cause i'm confused after 4months you just know you must write this. Abi it took you 4 months to come up with this? When strike is nearly over you just dey write your own? #confused

always pray for ur enemies

GOD bless ASUU,PHCN and MTN!

Sicozone: All of this in how many months?
It seems op is really hoping 4 a year plus strike......anyway its a gud write up but it seems too late....

I quite agree that it 'seems' too late for some,but at least half of this would have been accomplished by any serious minded student within the past four months

benkings: always pray for ur enemies

GOD bless ASUU,PHCN and MTN!

loolz. Dis one should be number 15.

Thanks bro, u are spot on!

mods ! This thread deserves front page...oya help us spread d good news

The Nak.ed truth is that ASUU strike or no ASUU strike ,education system in Nigeria is in Shambles that is why our certificates are almost useless. No wonder employers say that our graduates are unemployable!
I perfectly agree with that notion.
Funny enough, when the ASUU strike is over and our students graduate, they will end up searching for non existent jobs for another 6 years after graduating. smh for Nigeria and its Nigerian Students.