The aim of this article is to guide students for studying effectively back home. Experience has revealed that private studies is always have a major contribution in passing the exams beside other inputs such as taking lectures regularly etc. Here are some tips for CAF09/F8/P7 students who will be sitting forthcoming Exams.

• Calculate your total available free time; 
• Allocate best available time for studies out of your free time;
• Make a time table of daily studies for CAF09/F8/P7;
• Utilise your stipulated time as much as possible avoiding time wasters;
• Have a check on your time table and commit yourself to the strict plan;
• Be flexible to alter your time table to make studies effective;
• Monitor compliance of time table to be aware of your consistency;
• Avoid Time wasters during study time e.g. mobile calls/sms etc.;
• If you can’t concentrate on studies then take a short break;
• Make use of lecture notes taken in the class for your private studies;
• Recall lecture and figure out your understanding of the topic;
• Make use of past papers to understand examiner’s expectations.

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Abdus Salam Jan – FCA, FPFA