NAIJA CGPA

A few months after graduation (from University), I had to draw up a timetable. Why? Managing my time became increasingly difficult after school. 24 hrs of the day just got spent so quick. The consequences were dire for me as several important activities crucial for personal growth and development were left undone. A timetable serves as your personal timekeeper. There is the tendency to get complacent and leave important task, either academic or otherwise, undone in the absence of a timetable. In the same vein, much time could also be devoted to something trivial. However, a working timetable helps eliminate or reduces to the barest minimum, all of those issues. If you have a hard time following routines or bored by a regimented lifestyle, you might need to be creative with your timetable. Draw up something simple for a start. As you get used to it, more items/activities are gradually added. Also, try rearranging items on the timetable every fortnight or monthly. Remember, your ti...

From extensive research, I discovered there are two broad categories of First Class students. The thoroughly baked First Class : students in this category are thoroughbred. They've waded through the rigours of the academics masterfully. They earned their First Class the right way- no use of 'orijo', giving of bribe, or compromising the system. They've undergone countless hours of personal research and study.  They can also apply their knowledge to solve real human problems. All of these attributes put together, and more, have earned them a place at the top.  They can sit, dine and converse with graduates of similar discipline as theirs anywhere in the world. The poorly baked First Class . No doubt, they are bright. However, many in this category got their First Class by any of the following: sheer luck, schooling in institutions with poor standards (many private universities are culpable here),  use of 'orijo', giving of bribes, advanced cramming, garbag...

Graduating with a First Class degree is a sweet experience. It is beautiful, amazing, thrilling, awesome and worthy of all the nice adjectives you can think of. Graduating with a First Class means you scored a cumulative grade point average  (CGPA) of 4.5 at the minimum. It also means you have been found worthy in character. A First Class degree opens so many doors of opportunities (to the informed). A First Class degree earned well, earns well. But then, here lies the problem... First Class hasn't helped some people. It is common to see students who graduated with poor grades ridicule First Class graduates with difficulty moving forward after school. "who First Class help?", they ask. Why do many First Class students settle for less? Why do many flatter to deceive? Why can't the First Class be translated to everyday practical life and experience? There would probably be a thousand and one answers to the above questions and its many variations. Students would blame...

Ireti Akinsola, the Best Graduating Student of the 2015/2017 set at Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, has spoken about how she achieved the feat. She also said the current national economic recession is an opportunity for the country to develop its other sectors. Ms. Akinsola, a Geology graduate with CGPA of 4.89, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that the over-reliance on oil had greatly affected other sectors of the economy such as the solid minerals. “I think this recession should have taught us a big lesson not to put all our eggs in one basket. It is time for us to wake up to the challenge. “We need to develop other sectors that can equally earn us what we are deriving from oil if not more, especially our solid minerals. “Nigeria has abundant mineral resources that can earn us equivalent of what we are earning from oil if not more than that. “We are talking about diversification and it’s just mere mentioning, no real efforts geared toward...