Candidate's Weakness

The weaknesses of candidates were observed in the following areas:
(i)  Writing of irrelevancies;
(ii) Display of shallow knowledge of the set texts;
(iii) Inadvertent violation of rubrics;
(iv)  Commission of grammatical mistakes.

4.         SUGGESTED REMEDIES:

To address the reported weaknesses, the Chief Examiner recommended the following:

1. Candidates must try to read the instructions very well so as to adequately understand the demands of the questions before attempting them;  
2. Candidates should learn and master the correct spellings of the vocabulary;
3. Candidates should procure the prescribed texts for Arabic Literature;
4. Conscious efforts should be made by candidates to write legibly in Arabic;