Candidate's Weakness and Remedies

A SUMMARY OF CANDIDATE’S WEAKNESSES
            It was observed that the majority of the candidates failed to:
-           dimensioning their drawings;
-           constructing geometrically the semi-circular arch;
-           drawing to a specified scale.

To overcome these weaknesses, candidates should be well grounded in the rudiments of technical drawing which includes:

-           the subject teacher should help the students acquire and develop skills in the
art of dimensioning by posting a chart illustrating various dimensioning techniques in a conspicuous place in their drawing studio, giving them frequent graded drawing assignments or projects involving dimensioning and enforcing students possession  of the recommended technical or architectural  drawing textbooks.

•       The students should be well grounded in the rudiments of technical drawing    

      which includes; geometrical construction of lines, arcs, circles, triangles and 
polygons.

•       The students should be helped to become well conversant with the scale rules

used for producing drawings, such as the Architects scale or Engineering scale.    They should have in-depth understanding of the appropriate scale used to produce various views of a building.