Health Education Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2020

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