1. Lack of proper understanding of some essay topics, some of them failed to write on the topics they chose. For instance, those who wrote on the topic “Ọ̀rẹ́ mi’’only wrote generally on who a friend is and failed to write on the personality of a particular friend as it was expected of them.
2. Lack of exposure to selected Literature texts (Oral and Written)
3. Poor orthography e.g. dotting of letters, inappropriate use of tone marks.
4. Inability to write correct spelling of terms in Yoruba.
5. Lack of in-depth knowledge of the phonological aspect of the subject. Many of the candidates performed woefully in their attempt to describe consonant sounds.
6. Inability to identify adverbial phrases in sentences.

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

1. Teaching of the subject by dedicated, competent and motivated teachers;
2. Cooperation on the part of the candidates in learning of the subject, especially through the procurement of literature and language textbooks.
3. Candidates should imbibe the habit of using the public Library.
4. Candidates should imbibe the habit of studying the set texts thoroughly
5. Candidates should utilize their time well so that part of the time allocated to this paper could be used to read through their work so as to correct some of their common mistakes in the use of punctuation marks and mis-spelt words
6. Candidates should equip themselves with the knowledge and correct usage of punctuation marks
7. Candidates should use appropriate tone marks, since Yoruba is a tonal language
8. Candidates should give special attention to the identified weaknesses in preparation for the examination.