Many candidates exhibited general lack of in-depth knowledge of content of the texts as expected of literary student.
Candidates' failure could be traced to their reliance on summaries of the texts, their responses were shallow and irrelevant to the questions, showing they did not have good grip of the recommended texts.

Suggested Remedies

Reading culture should be inculcated in children at an early stage by parents and teachers.    
Candidates should endeavour to study the prescribed texts rather than books on summaries of texts as an alternative to the original texts.

Teachers of Literature-in-English should be experts in the field of literature, so that the students' performance will improve. More teachers should be trained in the teaching of literature. Seminars or workshop should constantly be organized for teachers.