Top 5 Reasons Why Students Fail Examinations

Top reasons why students fail examinations

Most students wonder why they (or their friends) fail each examination they write. It is neither a curse nor their fate. EVERY CHILD IS BLESSED WITH A GOOD MEMORY, BUT IT DEPENDS  ON WHAT EACH CHILD USES HIS/HERS FOR.

 The fact is that, there are some certain things that are needed to be taken care of to avoid failure.

I will be stating and explaining five (5) good factors that contribute to what makes you fail examinations. Here are they:

• Inadequate prepadation
• Playfulness 
• Supplying wrong answers for the right questions
• Lack of skimming and scanning
• Poor handwriting

1. INADEQUATE PREPARATION

Lack of preparation or inadequate preparation is the first and the best thing that can lure students into failure. Most students believe that preparation for examinations starts some few weeks/days before the examination date. NO, it is not so! Preparation for examinations should start very early.

There are three (3) main ways to prepare for examination. When these ways are followed, it's going to be a very easy thing to pass examinations without much stress.

       i.            One is preparation before the lesson. This means studying the corresponding topics per subject just before the lesson/class starts. This way, it helps students a lot to gain and understand more new knowledge about the topic matters.

     ii.            Preparation after lesson. This refers to studying the lesson that was taught just immediately after the lesson was delivered. It helps to get a better view and assimilate the lesson taught.

  iii.            The third way is the routine preparation to remind. Creating a regular study periods for the lesson that has been taught, in case of forgetfulness.

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2. PLAYFULNESS

In the order, it is playfulness that brings about forgetfulness and forgetfulness leads to failure.

Plays are materials that detach your knowledge from your brain, especially when you have a low storage + low retrieval. "All works and no play makes Jack a dull boy". Yes, it could be true. But it is better for Jack not to play and be dull than to play and become duller everyday.

Meanwhile, the above quote does NOT advice Jack to play for longer hours. It does not advice him to play roughly.

Students are hereby adviced to minimize their play (if it's necessary) to avoid forgetfulness.

3. SUPPLYING THE WRONG ANSWERS

Another reason why most students who even prepare well fail examinations is when they supply incorrect answers for particular questions. Mere looking at some questions, they are very simple thereby giving such students more confidence to get the questions right. But those questions may be very tricky and confusing. Then, with the aforementioned confidence, they supply incorrect answers.

Hence, enough patience is needed while answering examination questions. Read, read again and fully understand the questions before you supply answers.

4. LACK OF SKIMMING AND SCANNING

What does it profit a candidate who is always the first to submit, but at the end fails the examination? No examiner or invigilator will reward you, either with marks or gift item, for being the first person to submit. You submit lately does not mean you are going to fail, neither will your marks be deducted.

Even if the questions are simple and you are through with your works before the qiven time expires, always take your time to skim and scan what you have written down. You might have supplied wrong answers or even made mistakes.



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5. POOR HANDWRITING

Yes, your poor handwriting is my last point. Like one of my teacher used to say : "you write rubbish, I will mark nonsense".

How could you expect your examiner to guess what you write for you? When you write what he can't see, you should not blame him when he marks what he sees and leaves the rest for you.

Develop a better handwriting. No matter the class you are, you are not too big to develop yourself with a good handwriting. Get an handwriting book, study the way each letter is written both in upper and lower cases. Practice, practice, and practice again till you become perfect. And when you are perfect?.....still practice again.

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