Post-UTME study plan
Post-UTME · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Use of English & Mathematics
Diagnose baseline by sitting one timed 40-question English paper and one timed 25-question Maths paper under exam conditions, then record raw scores per topic.
Build a personal error log with four columns: question type, cause of error, correct rule or method, and a one-line fix to apply next time.
Drill English comprehension by summarising three unseen passages in under 12 minutes each, writing the main idea in one sentence per paragraph.
Revise the rules governing concord, tense sequence, and pronoun reference, then rewrite ten faulty sentences you have collected from your own error log.
Memorise the first 20 Maths formulas on your syllabus sheet (indices, logarithms, quadratic roots, mensuration) and recite them from memory without notes.
Your checkpoint
A completed diagnostic score sheet plus an error log containing at least 30 logged items with causes and fixes.
Mathematics & Use of English
Solve 60 algebra and simultaneous-equation problems across three timed sittings, targeting 80 percent accuracy before moving on.
Apply the factor and remainder theorems to 15 polynomial problems, showing every substitution step in writing.
Complete 30 English vocabulary-in-context and synonym/antonym items, then write a sentence of your own for each word you missed.
Practise 20 lexis-and-structure items on prepositions, phrasal verbs, and idiomatic expressions, and group the misses by pattern.
Rewrite your five weakest Maths error-log entries as a short worked-example card you can reread in two minutes.
Your checkpoint
A worked-solutions notebook of 20 fully solved algebra and polynomial problems, each with a labelled method step.
Use of English & Mathematics
Complete two full timed English mock papers and score them against the answer key, recording the split between comprehension, lexis, and oral-form questions.
Complete two full timed Maths mock papers and classify every wrong answer as conceptual, computational, or time-pressure.
Drill 40 oral-English items covering stress, vowel sounds, and word-class shifts, marking each answer with the rule applied.
Rehearse the four-step method for Maths word problems (identify, translate, solve, verify) on 12 mixed problems.
Cut your average per-question time on English comprehension to under 45 seconds by practising skimming for the answer location before reading options.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock papers per domain in a comparison table showing score, time taken, and top three recurring error types.
Use of English & Mathematics & Biology & Chemistry
Consolidate English by rewriting 15 of your own past wrong answers into correct sentences and explaining each correction aloud in under 30 seconds.
Consolidate Maths by re-solving every item in your error log without looking at the previous solution, and flag any that still fail.
Cover the Biology core of cell structure, transport across membranes, and enzymes by drawing labelled diagrams from memory and labelling them correctly.
Cover Chemistry fundamentals of atomic structure, the mole concept, and stoichiometry by solving 20 calculation problems with units shown at every step.
Write a one-page formula and definition sheet for each of the four domains and test yourself by covering the definitions.
Your checkpoint
A combined revision sheet for English, Maths, Biology, and Chemistry, plus a re-test score of at least 70 percent on previously missed Maths items.
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 65 percent on a timed English paper and at least 60 percent on a timed Maths paper, with no more than 10 unresolved items left in the error log.
Week 6: Score at least 60 percent on timed Biology and Chemistry papers and at least 55 percent on a timed Physics paper, all taken under full time limits.
Week 8: Complete one full-length simulated Post-UTME across all twelve domains and reach an overall score of at least 65 percent with every domain attempted.