Weakness and Remedies
Candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:
- spell scientific and technical words correctly;
- write in simple English Language;
- accurately calculate percentage of population required in Questions 2(a) and 2(b) ;
- state in sequence, the stages in the life cycle of housefly;
- accurately name the labeled parts of the Skin;
- mention diseases that could be associated with the oral cavity;
- mention the intermediate host of Guinea worm.
The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:
- teachers should endeavour to use instructional materials especially when teaching aspects that have diagrams in health education;
- teachers should recommend textbooks that coversa wide range of the syllabus for students;
- students should be encouraged to cultivate habit of seriousness with their studies when in school;
- government should recruit more qualified health education teachers;
- principals/school administrators should assign the teaching of health education to qualified graduates of health education;
- teachers should endeavour to get previous marking schemes in teaching the students what is expected of them during examination;
- teachers and principals should always participate in WASSCE coordination and marking exercise so as to update their knowledge on relevant areas;
- teachers and school administrators should always consult the WASSCE Chief Examiners Reports for various diets of examinations so as to keep abreast of requirements in answering examination questions.