The weaknesses generally observed among the candidates include:
- Poor spelling of technical terms;
- Poor drawing containing shallow details made with blunt pencil
- Making of drawings which had no titles, no magnification and did not conform to size specifications.
- Unruled guidelines and non-horizontal labels;
- Use of plural labels for single guide lines e.g. eyes at the end of a single guideline indicating one eye;
- Writing out the questions in the answer booklet before answering them;
- Mixing up the numbering of questions making scoring of answers difficult;
- Presenting answer to questions in bullet form;
- Poor performance on the question on sewage and refuse.
- Inability to make proper observations and inference, the candidates seemed to be writing based on theoretical knowledge;
- Manifestation of poor practical skills and poor exposure to practical classes.
The following remedies were proffered to overcome these weaknesses:
Teachers should:
- Engage candidates in spelling drills to ensure that candidates master the proper spelling of technical terms;
- Endeavour to complete the syllabus before the onset of the examinations;
- Engage the candidates in practical classes not waiting till the instructions for practicals are out before exposing the candidates to the laboratories.
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Students should:
