Weakness and Remedies
Candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:
- express themselves in simple English Language;
- write correct spellings for scientific words;
- write legibly;
- differentiate between functions of cartilage and skeleton;
- state ways of preventing fatigue;
- mention health personnel;
- explain how the factors of environment, heredity and lifestyle affect health status of an individual;
- mention location and function of Muscle cells, Nerve cells and Reproductive cells.
The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:
- textbooks that cover a wide range of the syllabus should be used by the teachers and candidates
- teachers should endeavour to get previous marking schemes in teaching the students what is expected of them during examination
- teachers should emphasize on legible hand writing for students
- teachers should endeavour to cover the syllabus for students before the commencement of the examination
- students should cultivate habit of reading
- teachers should give students task that will improve their spellings
- teachers should endeavour to teach both simple and difficult topics in the syllabus
- emphasis on teaching candidates’ anatomical words
- teachers should participate in WASSCE marking and coordination exercise