There may be unnoticed reasons that made you to fail 2014 Agricultural Science WAEC theory, however, as pinned down by the Exam’s body, the following are Reasons Why Candidate Fail 2014 Agricultural Science WAEC Theory. Read on….
The candidates were unable to:
- state the aims of International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) and International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- define surface irrigation
- explain the terms farmstead and secondary tillage
- state the functions of the parts of a mouldboard plough
- describe the natural process that takes carbon away from the atmosphere
- state the deficiency symptoms of calcium in crops
- differentiate between natural and artificial pastures
- state Mendel’s law of independent assortment of genes
- explain selection, breeding and introduction as methods of animal improvement
- explain the term farm inventory record
- state the roles of testosterone and progesterone in animal reproduction
- highlight the roles of agricultural extension in agricultural development in West Africa
- outline the problems faced by agricultural extension workers in West Africa.
Useful Recommendations
Having identified the peculiar reasons for failure, it isn’t enough if remedies are not provided, WAEC official enumerated tips that can safe other students from repeating similar problems, here are they….
Based on the observed weaknesses the Chief Examiners recommended as follow:
- Aspects of the syllabus such as farm mechanization/Agricultural engineering, plant nutrients, crop and animal improvement, agricultural extension amongst others should be emphasized by teachers; and
- Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools.
Observed Students’ Strength
The candidates performed very well in the following questions:
- explain the term commercial farming
- mention agricultural produce used by canning, beverage industries and feed mill
- describe horizons A and D of the soil profile
- outline ways of replenishing plant nutrients in the soil
- list soil organisms
- discuss the cultivation of cassava under soil requirements, spacing, disease and pest
- explain the terms disease as used in crop production and regeneration as a forest management practice
- state the effects of deforestation
- explain the term animal nutrition
- state the functions of oestrogen in animal reproduction
- explain what is meant by ornamental plants
- state the vegetative methods that could be used to propagate ornamental plants
- define elasticity of demand
- explain the term collateral
- state the merits and demerits of the retailer
- list ways of preserving fish
- discuss the cultivation of groundnut under soil requirements, method of propagation and methods of storage
- mention field pests and storage pests of maize
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