The identified weaknesses of candidates were:   

• poor understanding of the demands of the questions; 
• poor spelling of labels and technical terms;
• use of wrong terms in answering questions e.g. splinter instead of splint, nails instead of claws, gaseous exchange instead of respiration etc;
• writing of scientific names with small letters e.g. agama agama instead of Agama agama;
• poor knowledge of experimental procedures especially those involving chemistry;
• poor knowledge of classification and Nitrogen cycle;
• inability to relate structure to function.

The following remedies were proffered to overcome these weaknesses:

• Candidates should be encouraged to read their books;
• Emphasis should be placed on teaching technical terms in biology;
• Rote learning should be discouraged in Biology;
• All students in secondary schools should be exposed to all science subjects in SS. I.
• Practical lessons should be an integral part of teaching science and not left to the end of SS III.