Candidates’ Weaknesses

The Chief Examiners reported the following as some of the weaknesses of the candidates:

• Poor knowledge of literary appreciation.
• Inability to write good English.
• Poor and illegible handwriting.
• Wrong interpretation of questions.
• Writing of irrelevancies.
• Poor sentence construction.

Suggested Remedies

To remedy the observed weaknesses, the Chief Examiners suggested that:

• Candidates should buy and read the set texts.
• Candidates should be discouraged from relying solely on summary notes.
• Candidates should read the questions and make sure they understand what is required of them before attempting them.