Candidates' Weakness
The Chief Examiner reported that Candidates showed weakness in the following areas:
- Differentiation
- Coordinate Geometry
- Probability
- Combination)
- Use of Class boundaries or midpoint in plotting histogram
- Expressing answers in units required
- Partial Fractions
- Rank Correlation Coefficient
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SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The Chief Examiner suggested that the following remedies can help in reducing the failure rate in Further Mathematics/Mathematics (Elective):
- Topics on Vectors and Mechanics should be well attended to while teaching by Teachers.
- Qualified teachers should be employed to teach the subject.
- Teachers should endeavour to cover all areas of the teaching curriculum while teaching.
- Candidates should put in more efforts while studying and adequate practice of exercises.