Observation

Question 1 was one of the candidates’ weaknesses, they were required to highlight the eight procedures for making bread which include creaming the yeast, setting the sponge, mixing the dough, kneading, rising, shaping, proving and baking but almost all the candidates that answered this question across centres performed poorly.

Their poor performance was due to the fact that they were unable to list the procedural steps as the question demanded, majority of them listed the procedure up to the second or third step, skipped some steps, and then reverted to steps that were supposed to have come earlier.

For example, candidates that listed creaming the yeast, setting the sponge, proving, kneading has only listed some steps in bread making but has not listed the procedures as it is not possible to prove bread dough before kneading.