West African Examination council ensures that the Chief Examiners sit on the student’s performance to make general remarks about their weaknesses which is the reason for failing, strength and suggest the way forward. In line with that, this short piece will unveil the reasons why candidates fail 2018 Economics WAEC. Prospective candidates and economics teachers should carefully consider this as a guide.
Candidates’ Weaknesses
Quite a good number of candidates showed great deficiency in the application of graphical representations of economic analysis. This weakness resulted in poor performance in questions where such analyses were required.
Some of the candidates failed to use the correct economic terminologies in providing answers to the questions they attempted. This made it difficult for them to put forward their points which obviously resulted in poor scores.
A reasonable number of candidates only identified points but did not go further to explain these points to earn maximum marks.
Many candidates fail to list related points about a question asked by listing off-points that are incoherent, the candidates have to understand a question before answering it.
Chief Examiner’s Recommendations
Candidate’s Strength
Candidates showed great improvement in the definition, differentiation and explanation of concepts.
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