Fisheries Paper 2 Alt B., WASSCE (SC), 2017

Weakness and Remedies

 

 

Candidates weaknesses were noticed in the following areas:

-  inability to use technical terms where appropriate;
- inability to understand the demands of the questions before responding to them;
- inability to differentiate among tools, materials, instruments and equipment;
- inability to state the difference between cannibalism and predation;
- some of the candidates gave answers that were not related to fisheries;
- inability to differentiate between spat feeding and other types of feeding methods;
- inability to present their responses logically;
-  inability to identify the instruments used for measuring water quality parameters.

The following remedies were however suggested:

- teachers should use appropriate terms while teaching;
- candidates should be taught how to present their answers logically;
- candidates should read and understand instructions before responding to them;
- candidates should be familiar with past questions;
-  teachers should cover the  teaching syllabus before presenting their candidates for examination;
-  teachers should expose candidates to the practical component of the paper to facilitate pleasant learning and effective teaching;
-  each school offering the subject should have a fish pond;

- teachers should ensure that correct specimens are provided for candidates during examination.