Candidates Weakness

 Candidates were unable to:

• state the roles of agricultural research institutes in agricultural development;
• outline the advantages and disadvantages of land ownership by inheritance;
• state the uses of knapsack sprayer;
• classify crops based on their uses;
• give the correct botanical names of crops;
• calculate the number of White leghorn fowls that could be kept in a deep litter house;
• list examples of ornamental plants used as hedges in West Africa;
• - explain what is meant by farm budget;
• calculate the salvage value, useful life, total depreciation and annual depreciation of a tractor;
• state the precautionary measures that should be taken in beekeeping.

Based on the observed weaknesses the Chief Examiners recommended as follow:

• Aspects of the syllabus such as agricultural development, crop classification, botanical names of crops, ornamental plants and farm accounts amongst others should be emphasized by teachers; and
• Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.