For students who aspire to further their education by means of getting into the higher institution to study their dream course in order to be useful to themselves and the society at large. The jamb examination is an examination required for every student to take before gaining entrance into the higher institution. Every higher institution has its cut off mark that allows legible students to write the post UTME of that institution before final admission into various departments. Therefore, it is necessary for students to try as much as possible to score high in jamb in order to successfully gain admission into any university of their choice in Nigeria. However, lots of things and effort channeled in the right way is required on the part of the students to be able to score high at least form 250 and above.
There is an urgent call by all education stakeholders on improved performance in jamb examination because the high rate of poor performance in jamb examination is alarming and frustrating to the students as well. Poor academic performance among undergraduates has shown trio be connected to the channel through which they gain admission into the university. The poor performance of student in jamb has led to some universities bringing down their cut off mark just to allow students entry into the institution and in turn the students eventually perform poorly in their course of study. More so, using JAMB as a yardstick for admission of students into Nigerian universities has led to the intake of poor candidates, characterized by high failure rate, increase in examination malpractice, high spill over and the production of poor quality output that are neither self-reliant nor able to contribute effectively in the employment world. Students need to look for ways to improve and do better in UTME examination.

UTME EXAMINATION

The UTME examination is an examination taken by students in order to gain admission into higher institutions of their choice. For admission into any institution, it requires students to score the required cut off mark set by the university management for entrance into the school.

WHY STUDENTS HARDLY SCORE MORE THAN 250 IN UTME EXAMINATION

The poor performance or low score of students in jamb examination is not unconnected with self confidence accompanied with unpreparedness on the part of the students. Most students usually believe that the UTME examination is business as usual and what they expect but end up getting disappointed when they get into the examination hall and are issued the question paper. Over confidence is one factor that militates against the high performance of students in UTME examination. Having confidence in yourself is a good one and an applaud quality, but should be accompanied with preparedness and knowhow of whatever you are venturing into. Do not be so over confident that you forget to abreast yourself withy all the knowledge and preparations you need to make before your examination day.
Another reason why students hardly score high in UTME is because some students register subjects they are not so good at may be because of the course they wish they study in the university. The truth is students should learn to go for courses they are good at and would be glad studying it rather than going for courses just because their friends are going for it or because of their parents. This leads them to registering subjects that is required for their course of study in the university which they are not so good at thereby end up coming out with a poor or average score in UTME. Students should be encouraged to go for courses they are good at and find interesting rather than been forced to study a course against their wish.

HOW TO IMPROVE

A) GET A COACH

With the incessant failure and poor score in UTME, it is important to sort for ways to improve on the performance of students in UT,E examination and one of such ways is to get a coach. Parents and guidance can help their child by getting an examination coach for him/her to put their child through the process of examination and the likelihood of what to expect in the examination hall. The coach will also teach your child and help improve on his/her knowledge of the subjects he/she would be writing in UTME examination.

B) USE PAST QUESTION

I have heard many say that JAMB will not use past question to set Exam this year. Some are also saying that it’s valueless to use JAMB Past question to study for or prepare for Exam. However, this is the mistake most students make not knowing that it is one of the most effective ways to study and prepare for UTME examination which requires students to study hard in all the subjects they are writing.
By going through past UTME question, One is able to completely have a knowledge in all the required topics and the main point that was discussed on the topics before moving over to using past questions. This method of Jamb preparation is also very effective for some set of people and has helped a lot of them to score high in Jamb as it involves Preparing and Studying Jamb Past Questions or Jamb CBT enabled Application or software.
This way, one is able to master the method in which Jamb sets they question and also master the answers to each of those questions as they appear in Jamb question paper which will help the reader to score high especially when those questions are repeated during the main Jamb Examination. This Method has been made easier for this set of people by introducing a platform that enables aspirants prepare and master all Jamb questions and answers to each of the question.

C) LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES

Some students have done some mistakes in their previous UTME examination. Some common mistakes students make in jamb are wrong filling of their personal information such as their names, wrong ticking, or shading of answers on the wrong subjects etc.
Students should be mindful not to make previous mistakes they did in UTME examination.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, students must understand that it requires an extra effort and study to get into their desired higher institution and one such ways is by scoring high in jamb in order to meet up with the cut off mark of their choice universities. Therefore, they must study and be well prepared to sit for the examination.