SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESS
The Chief Examiner observed that the candidates’ showed weaknesses in the following areas:
- Inadequate knowledge of drawing graphs and reading from it.
- Omission of units and failure to give state answers in monetary value as required.
- Non adherence to rubrics.
- Inability differentiate between frequency and cumulative frequency.
- Failure to express answers to the required degree of accuracy.
- Inability to identify the principle or concepts to be used in solving a problem.
- Adherence to the rubrics of questions.
- Poor interpretation of questions and inability to apply mathematical principles correctly.
SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The Chief Examiner suggested that to overcome the challenges stated, the following remedies should be considered:
- Candidates should endeavor to pay more attention to topics that requires drawing of
graphs such as quadratic graph and histogram as well as diagrams on bearing and Venn
diagram.
- Candidates should always write their final answers in the required units while
practicing. - Candidates should be encouraged to read questions carefully and understand
their requirements before attempting them. - Candidates are encouraged to cover the teaching curriculum while preparing for examination so as to enhance performance.