Did you just REGISTER FOR TRCN or failed the exam before and would like to know how to pass TRCN exam Now?
In this guide,
You will see the sure success tips on how to pass TRCN examination this year once and for all without rewriting even if it has been long you left school.
- DOWNLOAD: FREE TRCN PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF.
Take note.
Only those who pass the examination will be eligible to COLLECT TRCN CERTIFICATE and license as professional teachers.
Teachers with TRCN certificate enjoy higher remuneration & employability, especially in government schools and many BIG private schools in Nigeria.
What is the pass mark for TRCN exam?
TRCN exam pass mark is 50% (i.e.) half of the total number of questions you were asked.
The questions are sixty (60) in number.
Score less than half (30/60) and that’s failure. Fail three times and you will be suspended from rewriting the exam for AT LEAST a year.
After the suspension, you will be required to pay a penalty fee for permission to register and sit for the exam again.
Would you like to avoid these waste of time and money by knowing how to pass TRCN exam once and for all?
See how to pass TRCN examination
TRCN exam is easy to pass for bonafide teachers like YOU.
Whether you graduated recently or a long time ago, just follow the TRCN exam tips below for sure success.
1. Register early
When you register early for TRCN exam, your preparation also starts early with enough time to reduce that “exam tension” that we all use to feel.
“Early” here means AT LEAST a month before the exam date.
The earlier you register for TRCN and start studying, the more time you have to revise those education topics that you may have forgotten.
And the more you refresh your memory on those topics, the more your exam confidence which reduces the tension and improves your overall success rate in the exam.
2. Study the TRCN syllabus for your category
According to TRCN.
There are FOUR categories of teachers:
- Category (A) – teachers with Doctorate degree.
- Category (B) – teachers with Master degree.
- Category (C) – teachers with Bachelor degree.
- Category (D) – teachers with NCE.
Each of these categories has its own TRCN exam syllabus.
The topics in each syllabus are the same for all categories, but the depth and complexity of areas to be covered under each topic increases with the category.
Only category (D) teachers are to stick to their syllabus alone.
If you are in any of the higher categories, you are required to study according to both the TRCN syllabus for your category and that of the categories below yours.
FOR EXAMPLE.
- Category (C) teachers must study according to Category (C) and (D) syllabuses.
- Category (B) teachers study according to Category (B) (C) and (D) syllabuses.
- Category (A) teachers according to Category (A) (B) (C) and (D) syllabuses.
This is because as a higher category teacher (let’s say, Master degree holder), it is believed that you must have scaled through the depth of topics at the NCE and first degree level before you reached Masters.
If you are in any of the higher categories, DO NOT PANIC!
Remember the topics are the same for all categories.
So.
Just read each topic deeper and wider if your category is higher.
It is the same topics after all.
3. Focus more on the Areas of Concentration (AOC)
There are (23) topics in the syllabus where all your TRCN EXAM QUESTIONS will come from.
But only (6) of these topics are more emphasized.
This means more questions ALWAYS come from these six (6) topics, irrespective of your category or exam year.
These (6) topics:
- English
- Mathematics
- ICT / Educational Technology
- Use of the Library
- Educational Statistics
- Research Methods
So.
While you study according to your syllabus(es), focus more on these (6) topics.
Give each of them extra study time because more of your TRCN exam questions comes from them than other topics.
4. Study TRCN past questions
There is this misconception about past questions that we want to address first.
Some candidates “cram” past questions with the hope of seeing the EXACT same questions (word-for-word) in their own exam.
Of course.
Past questions are repeated but in different manner, using different words and from different areas of the SAME topic.
For example.
A question under Philosophy of Education may ask:
“Who is the father of Pragmatism?”
A similar question can be asked again in ANOTHER year as:
“The Pragmatic school of thought originated from which country?”
Right there is a repeated past questions!!
How?
They are from the same area (Pragmatism) in the same topic (Philosophy of Education).
Only the structure was changed.
Past questions exposes you to deeper insight on each area in the topic of your syllabus.
Study past questions for these deeper insights because knowing that John Dewey, an AMERICAN philosopher is the father of pragmatism also tells you that pragmatic school of thought originated from U.S.A.
5. Practice CBT
TRCN exam is CBT.
CBT is short for “Computer Based Test” which means that all your TRCN exam questions will be asked and answered using a computer.
No theory. No OMR sheet.
The questions have been programmed into the computers in your exam centre.
All you have to do is click on the correct answer to each question and submit when you are done.
Can you do that?
If YES, move straight to the next tip.
Otherwise.
- See HOW TO START AND FINISH YOUR TRCN EXAM USING A COMPUTER.
6. Leave no question unanswered
During your exam, there will be some questions from the PIT OF HELL!!
I mean questions that you were never expecting and that will throw you off-balance but don’t panic.
Just skip them and move to the next.
After answering all the questions you know, go back to those questions you skipped and brainstorm for the answer which you may now remember.
If you still don’t know it, just pick any random answer by then.
You have ¼ percent chance of getting that question with your random answer but a ZERO percent chance if you leave the question unanswered.
So, which chance is better?
7. Submit ONLY when you are done
Make sure you click on the “SUBMIT” or “FINISH EXAM” button at the end of your TRCN exam before leaving the hall.
But ensure you have answered ALL the questions before clicking on that button because once you SUBMIT, you cannot go back to the questions again.
Conclusion
You may be tempted to ask someone beside you for an answer to a question you don’t know.
Just remember that that person may be in a higher or lower category from you with different questions entirely.
Even if they are in your category, their question (1) might be your question (29).
Be smarter.
You can pass ALL ON YOUR OWN with adequate preparation.
And to improve on your preparation.
We have created a TRCN WhatsApp group for INTENSIVE revision on all (23) topics and practice of over 1,450+ past questions.
Are you interested in joining?
Or if you have already written the exam and would like to check your result.
Or you haven’t, and want to register.
GOOD LUCK.
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