Physical Education Paper 3 WASSCE (SC), 2016

Candidate's Weakness and Suggested Remedies

The candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:

- practice skills very well before the performance test

- assume a position well behind a restraining line and use chest pass to propel the ball in a game of basketball at a target marked on a wall.

- use the forehand drive, hit a table tennis ball continuously against an upright surface for 30 seconds. - execute the forehand clear, by hitting the shuttle from the badminton back court, high and deep into the opposite half of the court.

- skillfully demonstrate body position, hand position, hand placement, head position, roll over and recovery while performing forward roll.

- skillfully demonstrate body position, hand position hand placement, head position roll over and recovery while performing forward roll.

- skillfully demonstrate approach, hand placement take-off-leg position and landing in the performance of astride vault.

 

The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:

- schools should involved their students in physical education skills and practical training for mystery of skills demonstration

- schools should also be informed/give orientation to candidates/students that will register for physical education about the performance test/sport assessment.

- adequate information/sensitization of schools through zonal and branch offices during registration. - schools should buy sports equipment and missile meant for physical education

- government should build sports/facilities and supply equipment to schools to facilitate easy learning of physical education.