Most frequent GST questions and answers
1. Why is the writing and presentation of enterprise ideas of GST302 60% and exams 40%?
The course is a practical course, and the focus is on accessing ideas that can solve identified challenges around us. So, emphasis is on doing.
2. Shouldn’t GST302 be optional for interested students
No. Every programme of study has entrepreneurship embedded. Given opportunity to everyone to have access to entrepreneurial skills, provide a better understanding on how well you can excel in your profession.
3. Should post graduate students register for GST?
Post graduate diploma students are to register for only GST707 – A study guide for the distance learner while the masters’ students will register for only GST807 – A study guide for the distance learner.
Those who have taken the course at a lower level in NOUN, do not need to register for it.
4. Are all GST courses compulsory for direct entry students?
Students who are admitted directly into the 200 level will only register for one 100-level GST course which is GST107 – A Study Guide for the Distance Learner along with the 200-level GST courses. Direct entry students at the 300 level must register only GST107 and GST302.
No. You are NOT to register for both. GST105 is for students with arts and social science-based programmes while GST203 is for science-based programmes.
6. How do I access my GST courses?
Go to the university site – www.nou.edu.ng and click on DE&GS ===GSTs === GST TMAs, click on the course, and begin.
7. Where are the GST TMAs located?
All the GST TMAs are embedded in the course page. You must work through the course before you can have access to the TMA questions. Go to the university site – www.nou.edu.ng and click on DE&GS ==== GSTs ===== GST TMAs, click on the course, and begin.
8. Can only exam score be used for my final assessment?
Your final GST grade must be both the TMA and exam scores. Where only one is done the final score will be considered as incomplete and you will need to retake both the TMA and exam in the following semester
9. Can I carry over a passed TMA or exam score to another semester?
Where you take a course TMA and for what ever reason, you are unable to take the exam, the TMA score will not be considered in the semester you will be taking the exam. You will have to take the TMA for that semester. The same goes where you take only exam without the TMA.