Fisheries Paper 3 Alt B., WASSCE (SC), 2023

CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES

 

Candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:
-     describe processes sequentially;
-     write legibly;

  1. write correct spellings for scientific words;
  2. interpret questions correctly;
  3. understand the difference between advantages and use as required in question 2;
  4. draw and label secchi disc correctly;
  5. describe how specimen B (dissolved Oxygen) is used in a fish culture
  6. write answers in correct sequence.

The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:

  1. students should always have practical classes after each topic
  2. textbooks that cover a wide range of the syllabus should be used by the teachers and candidates;
  3. teachers should endeavour to get previous marking schemes in teaching the students what is expected of them during examination;
  4. teachers should endeavour to cover the syllabus for students before the commencement of the examination;
  5. students should cultivate habit of reading;
  6. teachers should give students task that will improve their spellings of technical and scientific words. This could also be used to assess the students’ writing skills;
  7. teachers should endeavour to teach both simple and difficult topics in the syllabus;
  8. emphasis on teaching candidates’ anatomical and correct scientific words;
  9. teachers should participate in WASSCE marking and coordination exercise;
  10. teachers and school administrators should always make use of the WASSCE chief examiners report in preparing candidates for external examinations.