CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES
Candidates were unable to:
- adequately address questions 6.
- write with clear handwriting and good English expression.
- correctly state the causes of low egg production in chicken.
- spell most technical words correctly.
- state ways in which cattle production is important.
- mention ways of improving rangeland.
- state the functions of protein in farm animals.
- adhere strictly to rubrics
- mention the digestive enzymes found in the intestines of a pig.
- define oestrus and state the signs of heat in a sow.
- state the diseases that affect the respiratory system of farm animals.
- define exhalation, inhalation, peristalsis, ovulation and rumination.
Consequent on the identified weaknesses observable in the candidates’ scripts, the Chief Examiners made the following recommendations:
- (i) Only competent graduates of Animal Science/Production should be saddled with the responsibility of teaching the subject in Senior Secondary Schools;
- (ii) Animal Husbandry should be taught as a practical oriented subject through laboratory activities, field trips, excursions etc.; and
- (iii) Adequate facilities and textbooks on Animal Husbandry should be made available to enhance the teaching-learning of Animal Husbandry in Senior Secondary Schools.