Weakness/Remedies

The candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:

• draw according to specification/size;
• classify organisms;
• understand what observable difference means;
• spell technical words correctly;
• relate the differences in a tabular form together;
• march structures with functions correctly;
• draw guidelines to touch the label on the diagram;
• label phloem and xylem;
• start the phylum name with capital letter.

The following remedies were suggested to overcome the weaknesses:

• Candidates should be engaged in real practical and field work more often;
• schools should get qualified teachers to take the candidates on practical;
• the spelling and use of technical terms should be emphasized;
• teachers should used good and current textbooks to teach;
• drawing techniques should be vigorously stressed and taught to students;
• candidates should be encouraged to make their handwritings legible.