STATEMENT OF PURPOSE / PERSONAL STATEMENT, Tips on writing....

                                                             
Writing a Statement of Purpose or Personal Statement for securing admission in a tertiary institution can be a daunting task especially if you do not know the basic rules.
Statement of Purpose for admission simply means the reasons why you wish to study your course of choice.
A good number of prospective students have fallen into the trap of "Online Ghost Writers" who sell already prepared statements to unsuspecting students who submit these ready made statements and end up scuttling their chances of admission.
Most foreign institutions will ban students from applying to study in their countries if they discover that such students lifted phrases from internet or some authors without referencing the part they copied.
The aim of Statement of Purpose or Personal Statement for Admission is to "sell yourself" to the institution, therefore, your statement of purpose should be all "you" and if you need to use copied phrases to further enhance or explain points, you must reference them properly.


Basic Statement of Purpose or Personal Statement includes the following;
1. Why did you choose this course?
2. Why did you choose this school?

Continue after the cut.....

Motivational...if you want to have more...

Good News Alert! European Union passes a new harmonized Study Visa System.

European Union Parliament has passed a new harmonized Study Visa System for students from Non European Union countries.

The new directive is that students and researchers who complete their education in any European Union Member state will be allowed to stay at least for 9 months ( you can stay for longer) in order to look for jobs or set up businesses.

The new Study Visa Rules are intended to attract skilled Non EU International students to choose EU Member states as their top education destination.

Key benefits include EU Member states will gain highly skilled graduates who will contribute in building up their economy, students can move freely within Member States without new visa applications, Researchers can bring their family members with them and the family members are entitled to work.

Watch this space for update on details and visa application procedure.

 Seems to me that EU Member States want to tap into the ever increasing number of international students dissatisfied with recent harsh UK Immigration laws which took away the rights of foreign graduates to stay back in UK even for one month to seek employment and gain some work experience.  

Teachers who love to teach.

Very true. Students cannot learn if a teacher does not have passion for teaching for he cannot impart much knowledge to his students.

JAMB cut off mark drama continues (part 1)

The recent decision by JAMB on July 14th 2015 to reduce the cut off mark for students seeking admission into Nigerian Universities to 180 and 150 for those seeking admission into Polytechnics has generated a lot of reactions and drama.

Some students,parents and tertiary institutions welcomed the new marks because it will allow more students the opportunity to gain admission.

However, one school of thought is of the opinion that low entry mark will further lower the standard of education in Nigeria. They argue that this will cause the quality of education to deteriorate to a level where most graduates from Nigerian Universities will become unattractive to employers.

Some tertiary institutions showed their disagreement with the new cut off mark by setting their own   cut off marks. Shortly after JAMB's decision , University of Lagos announced that their cut off mark is 250 and this led to protests at UNILAG by aggrieved parents opposed to the 250 mark as it will disqualify a lot of prospective students. UNILAG has refused to rescind that decision.   

*Part 2 coming up...,'Does JAMB have the right to force tertiary institutions to admit candidates with 180 score whilst there are loads of candidates with scores ranging from 200 to 300?'