Meritorious student shares her time management techniques

Meritorious student shares her time management techniques

By Ghadeer Ghloum

With the new academic year approaching, Kuwait Times spoke to Al-Kawther Ghloum, a high-achieving student, for some tips related to time management that may help students in their study and enable them to succeed. These tips include making some time for rest and enjoyment and reducing the pressure associated with this period, especially for high school students.

Identify priorities

According to Ghloum, students should be aware of their priorities and then create a schedule accordingly. “Identify your most important tasks and prioritize them accordingly. Focus on completing your most important tasks first in order to ensure that you stay on track with your academic responsibilities, then create a daily or weekly schedule that includes all your classwork tasks and homework tasks, and make sure to have a short break (15 to 25 minutes) between each assignment,” she said.

One task at a time

Ghloum said that students might think that by multitasking they can achieve more in less time; however, this can be overwhelming, especially for high school students, because the subjects are no longer combined in one book. For instance, science is divided into four separate subject such as chemistry, physics, biology and geology, and each has its own pile of