CANDIDATES' WEAKNESSES

Candidates:

• had poor knowledge of significant figures;
• could not deduce correct inferences from observations;
• lacked practical experience;
• were not familiar with laboratory apparatus;
• used wrong units.

The following remedies were however suggested.

Candidates should:

• be familiar with the examination syllabus;
• improve on their study habit;
• learn how to deduce inferences from observations made in qualitative analysis;
• improve on their arithmetic skills e.g addition and significant figures.