In line with WAEC official data which was made available, the following are the Reasons Why Candidate Fail 2016 Agricultural Science WAEC Theory.
Candidates were unable to:
- suggest possible solutions to the problems of agricultural development such as inadequate land, inadequate finance and incidence of diseases;
- give reasons why farm machines should be maintained;
- explain how population pressure, mining and topography affect land availability for agriculture;
- state the reasons for parboiling paddy rice;
- state the advantages and disadvantages of taungya farming;
- explain the systems of mating in livestock management;
- draw and label the digestive tract of a hen;
- define agricultural insurance;
- explain different types of insurance policies for agricultural production such as specific enterprise insurance, fire insurance and life assurance.
Useful Tips on how to Pass WAEC
As familiar as the reasons are, 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.
- 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 teach the students with appropriate diagrams where necessary;
- Teachers should emphasize the acquisition of practical skills in the subject; and
- Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.
- Encourage students to spell correctly and adhere to nomenclature rules
General Demonstrated Candidates’ Strengths in the Exam
The candidates displayed better understanding about the following questions:
- state the differences between subsistence and commercial farming
- define agricultural ecology
- state the sources of pollution of agricultural lands and fish ponds
- define farm surveying
- state the disadvantages of electrical power
- define the term land as used in agriculture
- explain the term staking in yam cultivation
- describe the nursery practices in cocoa cultivation
- give the reasons why ornamental plants are important
- discuss the process of egg formation in hen
- mention examples of print and electronic media used in disseminating agricultural extension messages
- state the advantages of group method of agricultural extension
- explain the term assembling as a marketing function
- state the symptoms and control measures of maize streak as well as groundnut rosette
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