A. Candidates weaknesses could be attributed to:

• Poor mastery of the keyboard;
• Failure to interprete instructions;
• Typographical errors;
• Inconsistency in style - blocked and indented;
  
• Inconsistency in line spacing;
• Faulty alignments;
• Poor erasing;
• Wrong indentation and paragraphing;
• Poor underscoring of headings;
• Improper way of typing space capitals;
• General poor display.
  

B. SUGGESTED REMEDIES

• Candidates should master the keyboard.
• Candidates should use reading time properly by going through the
• questions and making notes and calculations.
• More time should be allotted to Typewriting drilling.
• Teachers should teach the candidates the methods of erasing
  figures and words.
• Correction of errors must be properly taught.
• Candidates should prepare adequately for the examination.