Candidates Weakness
Candidates were unable to:
- state the roles of agricultural research institutes in agricultural development;
- outline the advantages and disadvantages of land ownership by inheritance;
- state the uses of knapsack sprayer;
- classify crops based on their uses;
- give the correct botanical names of crops;
- calculate the number of White leghorn fowls that could be kept in a deep litter house;
- list examples of ornamental plants used as hedges in West Africa;
- - explain what is meant by farm budget;
- calculate the salvage value, useful life, total depreciation and annual depreciation of a tractor;
- state the precautionary measures that should be taken in beekeeping.
Based on the observed weaknesses the Chief Examiners recommended as follow:
- Aspects of the syllabus such as agricultural development, crop classification, botanical names of crops, ornamental plants and farm accounts amongst others should be emphasized by teachers; and
- Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.