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Structure of Ordinary Level (O/L) Biology Paper Two and Candidates’ Performance in O/L Biology in the General Certificate of Education (GCE)

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Abstract

Survey was used to carry out the study on “structure of ordinary level (O/L) biology paper two and candidates’ performance in O/L biology in the General Certificate of Education (GCE)”, following changes in the structure of the examination since the June 2017 session. By means of direct delivery technique, a questionnaire with 8 close ended items was used to collect data from 125 o/l biology examiners in a population of 180 of them. By means of Spearman Rank correlation, the data was analyzed inferentially. The results show that the structure of ordinary level biology paper two has a significant effect on candidates’ performance in ordinary level biology in the General Certificate of Education (GCE). From the findings, it is recommended that in ordinary level biology paper two, candidates could be asked to answer your questions of their choice out of a total of eight questions, that candidates may not be compelled to answer any particular question(s) in paper two, and that each of the eight questions could carry equal marks.

Keywords

Structure of ordinary level biology
paper two
candidates’ performance

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Conflict of Interest Statement

The author (s) declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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  • Submitted
    19 March 2022
  • Revised
    19 March 2022
  • Published
    19 March 2022