SECTION A
NATIONAL ETHICS, DISCIPLINE, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Question 3
(a) Identify five factors that may disrupt healthy community relations.
(b) State five observable ills in communities bedevilled by violence.
Observation
This was a popular question. All the candidates who attempted it demonstrated good understanding of the demands of the question; they performed credibly well and scored high marks especially in the B part where they were able to state how violence causes hindrances to societal progress. Nevertheless, some candidates deprived themselves of scoring the maximum mark obtainable in the B part by just highlighting the points without explaining them. Below are samples of answers candidates were expected to provide to the question;
A. FACTORS THAT MAY DISRUPT HEALTHY COMMUNTIY RELATIONS
- Disagreement on chieftaincy disputes,
- Disagreement on land ownership and control over other scare resources.
- Greed among community leaders.
- High level of illiteracy/ignorance among individuals of the societies.
- Past/lingering historical experiences.
B. OBSERVABLE ILLS IN COMMUNITIES BEDEVILLED BY VIOLENCE
- Uncertainty and confusion in the societies.
- Increase of criminal activities/criminality in the communities.
- Destruction of lives and properties/arson.
- Disruption of socio-economic activities.
- Hunger/malnutrition,
- Poverty and low standard of living.
- Disruption of academic activities in schools.
- Outbreak of diseases.