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SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
The Chief Examiner observed that the areas where candidates did not perform very well were:
- Integration
- Differentiation
- Partial fractions
- Resolution of coplanar forces
- Matrix multiplication
- Premature approximation and omission of essential details
SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The following remedies were suggested by the Chief Examiner:
- Candidates were encouraged to cover all the topics in the syllabus while preparing for the examination
- Candidates were encouraged to adhere to the rubrics of the question especially with regards to the degree of accuracy
- WAEC was encouraged to set questions in these weak areas more regularly in order to encourage teachers and candidates to put in more effort in learning them
- Candidates were encouraged to avail themselves of past WASSCE Further Mathematics questions while preparing for the examination
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