CANDIDATES' WEAKNESSES AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The observed weaknesses of the candidates include:
- wrong and poor spellings of biological names, technical terms;
- inability to present points in a coherent order;
- poor interpretation of the graph on predator-prey relationship in question 3;
- poor drawing of the DNA molecule;
- inability to correspond answers on the table;
- inability to state the reasons why a spider is not an insect;
- inability to state structure and function of structure in adaptation questions;
- inability to state the source of the gases involved in photosynthesis on a sunny day;
- inability to state the reason a newborn baby’s food is in liquid form;
- inability to state the relationship between functions of a tongue and nose.
The following remedies were proffered to overcome the weaknesses:
- candidates should study topics on adaptation and ecology properly;
- standard text books should be used to study;
- candidates should coverthe syllabus before taking the examinations;
- candidates should improve on their written English
- candidates should try as much as possible to spell properly;
- candidates should read and understand a question properly before attempting it;
- candidates should read and adhere to instructions
- candidates should study past questions and Chief Examiner’s Report;
- candidates should avoid copying answers;
- the general principles and terms used in Biology should be studied with practical examples.