CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Candidates were unable to:

• adequately address questions 6.
• write with clear handwriting and good English expression.
• correctly state the causes of low egg production in chicken.
• spell most technical words correctly.
• state ways in which cattle production is important.
• mention ways of improving rangeland.
• state the functions of protein in farm animals.
• adhere strictly to rubrics
• mention the digestive enzymes found in the intestines of a pig.
• define oestrus and state the signs of heat in a sow.
• state the diseases that affect the respiratory system of farm animals.
• define exhalation, inhalation, peristalsis, ovulation and rumination.

Consequent on the identified weaknesses observable in the candidates’ scripts, the Chief Examiners made the following recommendations:

• (i) Only competent graduates of Animal Science/Production should be saddled with the responsibility of teaching the subject in Senior Secondary Schools;
• (ii) Animal Husbandry should be taught as a practical oriented subject through laboratory activities, field trips, excursions etc.; and
• (iii) Adequate facilities and textbooks on Animal Husbandry should be made available to enhance the teaching-learning of Animal Husbandry in Senior Secondary Schools.