This was a popular question among the candidates and their performance in the question was fair.  Quite a good number of the candidates were able to correctly define local craft industries as small scale individually or family owned enterprises in which the operators use local skills and simple tools for processing.  Many of the            candidates were able to give examples of local crafts industries and highlight their distinguishing characteristics.  However, some people were not able to highlight the reasons why local crafts industries are still existing in the nation.  The expected answers were:

            -           local availability of raw materials;
            -           little capital requirement;
            -           transmission from generation to generation;
            -           availability of local patronage;
            -           patronage by foreigners;
            -           no long period of formal training;
            -           requires low level of technology;
            -           does not require big premises;
            -           source of income;
            -           could be practised on part time;
            -           employment generation;
            -           foreign exchange earnings.