The following were some of the candidates’ weaknesses:

1. failure to expatiate the points listed;
2. poor knowledge of technique of plotting graphs;
3. poor power of expression in English language;
4. poor knowledge of terminologies peculiar to Economics;
5. failure to understand the demands of some of the questions;
6. adoption of wrong approach to answering questions.

The above listed shortcomings could be ameliorated if

• the candidates are taught by their teachers, the need to expatiate their points
• qualified teachers are employed in schools to teach the students all the necessary concepts and techniques they should know.
• the candidates are advised to spend the first few minutes of their time studying the questions.
• the candidates are exposed to reading textbooks, newspapers, journals, magazines, etc with a view to improving their written and spoken English.