Candidate's Weakness with Suggested Remedies
Candidates’ weaknesses in the paper were evident in the following areas:
- majority of the candidates did not adhere to the instructions;
- inability to differentiate between molar mass and relative atomic mass;
- application of wrong unit;
- inability to calculate mass concentration of solution;
- inability to identify colours;
- some candidates wrote clear solution instead of colourless solution;
- application of theoretical approach to practical questions;
- majority of the candidates carried out qualitative analysis on solid samples.
THE FOLLOWING REMEDIES WERE SUGGESTED FOR OVERCOMING THE WEAKNESSES
Candidates should:
- understand the demands of the questions before responding to them;
- improve on their communication skills;
- be familiar with the examination syllabus;
- learn how to write and balance chemical equations correctly;
- learn how to write IUPAC names of compounds correctly;
- improve on their study habit;
- qualified teachers should be allowed to teach the subject.