The following were some of the candidates’ weaknesses:
- failure to expatiate the points listed;
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poor knowledge of technique of plotting graphs;
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poor power of expression in English language;
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poor knowledge of terminologies peculiar to Economics;
- failure to understand the demands of some of the questions;
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adoption of wrong approach to answering questions.
The above listed shortcomings could be ameliorated if
- the candidates are taught by their teachers, the need to expatiate their points
- qualified teachers are employed in schools to teach the students all the necessary concepts and techniques they should know.
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the candidates are advised to spend the first few minutes of their time studying the questions.
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the candidates are exposed to reading textbooks, newspapers, journals, magazines, etc with a view to improving their written and spoken English.