WASSCE Candidates’ Weaknesses In Fante And Remedies | Extract From Chief Examiners Report Towards WASSCE 2023 Fante
Teachers preparing students for any examination are always worried about the potential weaknesses in answers that their students will provide during the examination. Fortunately, the main examining body, the West Africa Examination Council always provide WASSCE candidates’ weaknesses in Fante during the last held examinations.
WAEC Summary of 2021 WASSCE In Fante Paper One (1)
A. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS
1) The use of language of most candidates was very appreciable. They used informal language, appropriate registers and literary devices where and when necessary. These made their language rich and interesting to read.
Candidates wrote very good introduction, expressed their ideas in good paragraphs as well as giving good conclusions.
2) Most candidates complied with the required length of the composition i.e. 500 words or more.
3) Candidates’ ability to translate the passage intelligibly is highly commended. Their performance in translation this year measured up to the required standard.
B. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
1) Mechanical Accuracy was generally poor. Many of the candidates scored zero under Mechanical Accuracy.
2) Poor Fante orthography. Candidates exhibited weaknesses in Fante orthography making their presentations incomprehensible.
3) Candidates’ performance in phonology and syntax components revealed a huge deficit in the teaching and learning of the subject.
4) Wrong use of possessive, negation and pronouns were very rampant. Candidates interchanging Twi pronouns with Fante e.g. using ‘yɛn’ in Twi for hɛn in Fante, ‘wɔn’ in Twi for ‘hɔn’ in Fante.
There was a mass failure in the comprehension.
C. SUGGESTED REMEDIES
1) Teachers should give students a lot of education on how to read and understand the rubrics and demands of questions, so that they can answer questions appropriately, because the understanding of the questions was a problem to the candidates as they deviated from what was required in the paper.
2) Teachers should intensify the teaching of the grammar and the orthography of the Fante Language.
In this regard, students should be given regular exercises which should be promptly marked and discussed.
3) Students should be encouraged to take the reading of Fante books very seriously. They must read more passages, write more essays and speak the language more. Teachers should desist from banning students from speaking Fante Language on school campuses.
WAEC Summary of 2020 WASSCE In Fante Paper One (1)
A. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS
(1) On the average, students showed evidence of learning. Most candidates demonstrated seriousness in their attempt of questions.
(2) Except for questions 8 and 10, most candidates scored average marks in the questions set.
(3) Candidates’ preparedness was also evidenced in their orthography, that is, spellings, paragraphing, punctuations etc.
(4) On the average, the comprehension passage was well understood and answered by most students.
B. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
(1) In terms of organization of essays, some candidates performed below average. An example is writing letters when they were asked to write a report.
(2) Most candidates were found to be weak in phonology.
(3) Some candidates were not able to translate the passage given as accurately as required.
C. SUGGESTED REMEDIES
(1) To improve candidates’ performance, qualified professional Fante teachers should be engaged. Such teachers should encourage students to read wide. A lot of class exercises should be given and properly marked. Students should also be encouraged to correct their mistakes in all such exercises.
(2) Essay writing and comprehension should be regular in all classes. Students could be motivated through reading of the best essays in class.
(3) There is the need for teachers to continue guiding students on how the different types of essays are to be handled.
WAEC Summary of 2021 WASSCE In Fante Paper Two
A. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS
1) Many of the candidates showed their strength in Question 1 of the paper and their responses clearly attested to the fact that they were well versed in oral literature. Similarly, with regard to the written literature, candidates who tackled the questions on characterization and structure of the prose did so well that, some ended up scoring between 16 – 18 out of 20.
2) Some of the candidates impressed the examiners by giving out matured and coherent responses to the questions.
3) Very few of the candidates were able to give accurate responses to the questions on poetry.
B. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
1) Most candidates could not answer the question on dirge. They could not compose a dirge.
Very few, about 2% out of the total number of candidates, answered the question on dirge. They could not bring out clearly the messages the dirge they had written projected.
2) Instead of bringing out the functions of the main character for question 1, the students ended up writing on characterization.
3) The question on poetry appreciation was poorly answered.
C. SUGGESTED REMEDIES
1) The culture of reading should be encouraged and intensified in schools. The students should be encouraged to purchase the set books to read and discuss accordingly.
2) Candidates should be encouraged to read and give a gist of the literature books they read in a form of summary. This can be done as a project work in groups.
3) A mechanism should be devised to ensure that the issue on literary devices is well addressed through constant reading, teaching and testing especially the written literature aspects.
4) They should also discuss the project works after marking and correct them where necessary.
5) It is important that candidates read the questions painstakingly before attempting to answer them.
6) Teachers must teach their students the difference between major and minor characters in a story.
WAEC Summary of 2020 WASSCE In Fante Paper Two (2)
A. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES STRENGTHS
(1) Some maturity was demonstrated in the presentation of answers on proverbs and chieftaincy.
(2) Some candidates’ responses to the questions on characterization and context showed that most of the candidates had access to the text books which were prescribed for use. Some conclusions were quite relevant.
(3) A few candidates observed punctuation rules in their writing, unlike the previous years where candidates began name of the characters with small letters, nothing like that was noticed this year. This should be encouraged in all candidates.
(4) The handwriting of some candidates was very good. This made their answers very easy to read and understand.
B. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
(1) Many candidates were unable to identify the literary devices used in the poem.
(2) The work of some candidates was marred by orthographical errors.
C. SUGGESTED REMEDIES
(1) Poor orthography can be remedied through intensive and extensive reading and dictation.
(2) Through effective teaching, candidates must be properly taught to be able to identify the literary devices in prose, drama and poetry
It is the hope of our team that candidates will perform better when teachers and candidates go through this summary of strengths, WASECE candidates’ weaknesses in Fante and remedies and apply same
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