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SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
The Chief Examiner observed that the areas where candidates showed weakness included:
- Premature approximation and omission of essential details
- Writing answers to the required degree of accuracy
- Geometry and its applications
- Mensuration
- Interpretation/solution to word problems
- Drawing required diagrams correctly
- Commercial Arithmetic
SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The following remedies were suggested by the Chief Examiner:
- Candidates were encouraged to cover all the topics in the syllabus while preparing for the examination
- Teachers were encouraged to use instructional materials during lesson so as to re-enforce the learning of mathematical concepts
- Candidates were encouraged to adhere to the rubrics of the question especially with regards to the use of calculators and degree of accuracy
- Candidates were encouraged to draw diagrams as this would help them in solving problems better
- Candidates were encouraged to avail themselves of past WASSCE General Mathematics questions.
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