Candidates' Weakness

Candidates were unable to:

• - calculate the area of farm lands
• - list non-governmental agricultural organizations in West Africa
• - state advantages of animal power
• - classify insect pests according to their modes of feeding
• - correctly spell some technical words
• - correctly state primary and secondary tillage implements.
• - deficiency symptoms of Phosphorus.
• - classify farm animals based on their uses and could not give examples
• - state the sources of plant protein
• - give examples of forage legumes found in rangelands in West Africa
• - explain agricultural insurance
• - give reasons why beekeeping is important
• - state the functions of parts of disc plough
• - correctly state the characteristics of labour as a factor of production

 specific enterprise insurance, fire insurance and life assurance.

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

• - Adequate teaching and coverage of the syllabuses. Aspects of the syllabus such as farm mechanization/Agricultural engineering, crop and animal production, agricultural economics amongst others should be covered by teachers with particular emphasis on the new areas of the syllabus;
• - Teachers should teach the students with appropriate diagrams where necessary;
• - Teachers should emphasize the acquisition of practical skills in the subjec
• Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.