Block laying Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2023

Weakness and Remedies

 

            A SUMMARY OF CANDIDASTES’ WEAKNESSES
Candidates’ weaknesses were shown in their inability to:

  • sketch cold chisel and external angle trowel;
  • state advantages of 3:4:5 method of setting out;
  • sketch a section through a door opening and label lintel, jamb, and threshold;
  • sketch partition and buttressing wall;
  • sketch in section the tongued and grooved flooring board finish and ceramic tiled flooring finish.

           


To overcome these weaknesses:

  • students should be guided on how to sketch different types of chisel and trowel;
  • teacher should guide the students on methods of setting out and their advantages;
  • students should be guided on how to sketch door openings and other sections;
  • students should be guided on how to sketch partition and buttressing walls;
  • students should be guided on how to sketch tongued and grooved flooring board and ceramic tiled flooring finish;