Agricultural science like other science-oriented subjects has 3 parts of which theory section carries the heaviest share of score. The year’s performance dropped and many reasons have been speculated to cause the decline, however, information obtained from WAEC, outline the following Reasons why candidates fail 2019 Agricultural Science WAEC Theory
Majority of the candidates were unable to:
- Give the general problems of land tenure system in agricultural development in West Africa
- List farm machinery and farm implements
- Write the botanical names of weeds and oil palm
- State the ways of minimizing land and pond pollution
- List the physical and economic factors affecting land availability for agriculture
- Define apiculture
- Explain flushing, castration and culling as well as their advantages in animal production
- Give the uses of measuring tape and prismatic compass
- List agricultural extension agencies in West Africa
- Inability to perform calculations on depreciation; describe demand schedule and supply curve
- State ways through which soils are enriched with nitrogen
- Spell correctly
Useful Tips on How to Pass Agricultural Science WAEC
As familiar as the reasons, many students willfully despised suggested remedies in the previous years before heading for the WAEC examination. You are therefore counselled to consider the outlined remedies while preparing for the next exam.
- Adequate teaching and coverage of the syllabuses. Aspects of the syllabus such as farm mechanization/agricultural engineering, crop and animal production, agricultural economics amongst others should be covered by teachers with particular emphasis on the new areas of the syllabus;
- Teachers should expose students to agricultural tools, machines and equipment as well as their use
- Teachers should teach the students with appropriate diagrams where necessary
- Teachers should lay emphasis on correct spellings of terms
- Teachers should emphasize the acquisition of practical skills in the subject through school farms, field visits, excursion; and
- Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.
Observed Candidate’s Strengths
Majority of the candidates do well when answering the following questions:
- Explain the roles of government in relation to pest and disease control as well as marketing of agricultural produce
- Classify crops based on their life cycle;
- Enumerate the effects of pollution on agricultural lands and ponds
- State the methods of dispersal of weeds;
- List the components of a typical soil with their percentage volume
- State the methods of applying inorganic fertilizer to the soil
- Discuss the cultivation of oil palm
- Enumerate ways in which forest resources are important to the economy of West Africa
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