CANDIDATES' WEAKNESSES AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES

The observed weaknesses of the candidates this year include:

• starting taxonomical names with small letter;
• illegible handwriting;
• ability to answer recall questions that involved name, state;
• poor spelling of one-word and technicalterms;
• failure to identify singular and plural labels;
• inability to state structure and function for adaptation questions;
• inability to name the adult stage of the organism in diagrams C and D;
• inability to state the function of some parts labelled on the flower;

The following remedies were proffered to overcome the weaknesses

Candidates should:

• cover the syllabus before sitting the examinations;
• take the examination only after the completion of the senior secondary school;
• attend coaching lessons to learn more;
• study past questions and Chief Examiner’s Report;
• improve on their spelling of technical terms;
• study often and prepare ahead of exams;
• read textbooks that have enough description of topics rather than Biology key points;
• study questions properly before answering them.