Health Education Paper 3 WASSCE (PC), 2016

Weakness and Remedies

 

 

The candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:

  • express themselves in simple English Language
  • master contents of the subject Health Education
  • write correct spellings of words
  • identify diagrams shown in I and II
  • state observable features of the conditions shown in I and II
  • mention methods to prevent the conditions shown in I and II
  • mention parts of the body that are affected in the condition illustrated II
  • identify the worm illustrated
  • state the shape of the worm illustrated
  • name the part of the human body in which the worm lives
  • mention organisms in which the worm illustrated can be found
  • mention the mode of feeding by the worm illustrated
  • name the illustrated insect.
  • state observable features which enable insects to transmit diseases
  • name the diseases transmitted by the illustrated insect
  • state ways of controlling the population of the illustrated insect
  • state factors that affect human growth
  • state functions of the structures found in animal cells i.e mitochondrion, nucleus and cytoplasm
  • define maternal care
  • state health care services given in maternal health programme and child health programme
  • state ways of improving the quality of diet
  • mention the degree of burns
  • state characteristics of the degree of burns mentioned in (a) (i)
  • name one health pioneer in mental health from West Africa.

 

The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:

  • candidates should read recommended text books and make use of dictionary whenever they are reading for examination
  • candidates should understand questions before attempting to answer
  • candidates should improve on their reading and spoken English through constant reading of novels and speaking of English.