Candidate's Weakness and Remedies

A SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES

It was observed that the majority of the candidates failed to:

- dimension their drawings;
- draw the specified scale;
- use conventional symbols to represent key building features and elements.

To overcome these weaknesses, candidates should be well grounded in the rudiments of technical drawing which includes:

- the subject teacher should help the students acquire and develop skills in the art of dimensioning by posting a chart illustrating various dimensioning techniques in a conspicuous place in their drawing studio, giving them frequent graded drawing assignments or projects involving dimensioning, use of symbols illustrating building materials and enforcing students possession of the recommended technical or architectural drawing textbooks.