Agriculture Paper 2, WASSCE (PC), 2022

Weakness and Remedies

 

       Majority of the candidates were unable to:

  • describe the process of formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks;
  • give reasons why it is best to raise tomato in the nursery before transplanting;
  • complete the table on crop diseases;
  • state the advantages of the taungya system;
  • explain layering, cutting and grafting as methods of vegetative propagation;
  • give reasons why farmers in West Africa prefer to raise chickens than turkeys;
  • state the roles of reproductive hormones in farm animals;
  • state the advantages and disadvantages of the battery cage system;
  • explain the effects of rural-urban migration of agricultural production in West Africa;
  • mention the ways by which government can reduce rural-urban migration for agricultural development.

    

Based on the observed weaknesses, the Chief Examiners recommended as follows:

  • Adequate coverage of the syllabus. Emphasis on aspects of the syllabus such as diseases and pests of crops and farm animals is advocated;
  • The acquisition of practical skills in the subject through field visits, excursion;
  • Exposure of candidates to technical terms used in agriculture;
  • Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.