Is it not appalling and nauseating that candidate’s performance in Christian Religion Studies in West African Examination Council is below expectation? Actually, it ought not to because, the questions aren’t a factor of how often you attend church, though this will help. In line with WAEC highlight, reasons why candidates fail CRS WAEC 2019 will be the central theme of this post.
Candidate’s Weakness
The following were some of the candidates’ weaknesses:
Some candidates answered questions that they did not have proper knowledge about therefore; they guessed the answers to such questions. This made candidates to be unable to score high marks in such questions. Also, some candidates failed to understand the demands of questions and such candidates strayed away from the essence of the questions.
Many candidates responded inadequately to the demands of the questions by giving inadequate answers to questions especially in questions demanding that candidates answer from a particular biblical point of narrative. To this end, candidates failed to understand the demands of the questions and such candidates strayed away from the points required to answer such questions.
It was observed that candidates were not familiar with the bible stories from which some questions were drawn. More often than not, candidates mixed up questions which were based on narratives with similar biblical stories. Such candidates took the question because of the part B which was based on application questions. To this end, some candidates answered questions that they do not have enough knowledge or understanding about. Perhaps, they did not understand the questions; however, the questions were straight forward. This led to some candidates writing outside the scheme of the set questions.
The tenses and grammar of some of the candidates were not correct. They could hardly express themselves in the right tenses even in situation where they seemed to know the demands of the question. This in effect allowed the examiner to mark such candidates down.
Some candidates gave very long and unnecessary preambles to the questions instead of going straight to the answers. This made them waste valuable time on irrelevant points thereby, limiting their chances of scoring good marks.
Some candidates wrote in illegible ways and bad handwriting which hindered examiners to decipher the words and meaning of what some candidates wrote. Wrong spellings coupled with poor expression of ideas negatively affected the performance of a lot of candidates.
Suggested Remedies to Overcome Candidates’ Weaknesses
The following are some of the actions necessary in tackling the identified weaknesses:
Candidate’s Strength
Some candidates carefully read the questions and understood the demand of the question before answering them. To this end, a substantial percentage of the candidates demonstrated good knowledge of the bible passages and topics from which questions were set. They gave detailed answers to the questions and presented their points in logical sequence by going straight to the points rather than unnecessary permeable, introduction and preaching. They showed good mastery of the passages and adhered to the rubrics.
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