Weakness & Remedies
The observed weaknesses of the candidates this year include:
- illegible handwriting;
- poor spellings of some technical terms e.g whooping cough, measles, diphtheria;
- inability to explain endemic, epidemic and pandemic as required in question 6;
- inability to follow sequential order of answer presentation for First aid administration in question 6;
- using vague terms to present answers;
- not providing full answers to some questions;
- poor coordination of answers;
- inability to identify the different parts of the tooth in question 3;
- inability to define posture as expected.
The following remedies were proffered to overcome the weaknesses
Candidates should:
- cover the syllabus before sitting the examinations;
- take the examination only after the completion of the senior secondary school;
- study past questions and Chief Examiner’s Report;
- improve on their spelling of technical terms;
- study often and prepare ahead of exams;
- read textbooks that have enough description of topics rather than key points;
- study questions properly before answering them.
Teachers should:
- use the syllabus as part of their reference materials
- attend WAEC Coordination meetings so as to know more technical ways of preparing candidates