Candidate's Weakness

The Chief Examiners observed weaknesses in candidates performance  in the following areas:

-  Difficulty in answering questions on sound system;
-  Poor knowledge in Oral and Written Literature;
-  Non mastery of orthography;
-  Non adherence to rubrics;

-  Poor handwriting

Suggested Remedies

-  Seminars and Workshops should be organized by the respective State Ministries of Education for Hausa teachers in areas of phonetics and phonology to equip them in these aspects;
-  Candidates should cultivate good reading habits.
-  Candidates should be advised to improve their handwriting and write legibly.
-  Candidates should be kept busy at all times through take-home assignments.
-  Qualified teachers should be employed to teach Hausa and the existing ones be allowed to go for in-service training;
-   Schools should make the selected texts available for the students in the school libraries.