This book presents both practical and theoretical study of pitman shorthand in a logical arrangement. This book is meant for preparing secretarial students for NCSM and NDSA UBTEB assessments for both first year and second yearcovering all the modules for all the four semesters. The book has been written in conformity with the NCDC curriculum for students pursuing National Certificate in Secretarial and office Management or National Diploma in Secretarial and office administration. The book presents a detailed study on the principles governing the use of short hand strokes for purposes of writing correct and readable shorthand outlines. The practical exercises provided in this book prepare the learners for assessment in their respective fields of study as well as equipping a student with practical skills in writing shorthand. It should be understood by the learners that shorthand does not only end in class but it is a lifelong process in the field of secretarial. Although there has been a belief that shorthand has little to do with office work. This misconception has been generally created by some of the shorthand instructors by failing to introduce the learners to the basic objectives of studying shorthand. The emphasis has always been projected to only faster writing as the basis of learning shorthand and leaving out all other essentials such as confidentiality, accuracy ant better usage of writing materials (papers). Considering other basic objectives of learning short hand other than faster writing, shorthand equips a learner with skills of better usage of stationery papers, confidentiality and most importantly accuracy in writing office documents. Skills in phonetic sounds make a secretary to be efficient in producing error free documents which may occur as a result of wrong pronunciations of English words

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