ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
- PREAMBLE
The syllabus has been structured to assess candidates’ basic knowledge and skills in the production, processing, storage, packaging and marketing of farm animals and their products. It is also intended to assess the capability of the candidates to pursue further training at the tertiary level.
- AIMS OF THE SYLLABUS
The syllabus will therefore seek to assess candidates’ knowledge and skills in
(1) basic animal production practices such as feeding, housing, pest and disease control;
(2) the efficient and effective management of animal enterprises;
(3) the application of environmentally friendly practices to sustain production;
(4) the identification of basic problems hindering the improvement of the Animal Industry;
(5) the efficient processing, preservation, packaging, storage and marketing of animals and their products.
- REQUIREMENTS
- Schools offering Animal Husbandry are expected to raise at least one species of farm animals from each of the following groups:
- Monogastrics e.g. poultry, pigs, rabbits.
(b) Ruminants e.g. goats, sheep, cattle.
- Non-traditional farm animals e.g. grasscutters,snails
- It is recommended that the schools should have agriculture laboratories where specimens, equipment and chemicals would be kept.
- It is also recommended that candidates keep practical notebooks which should contain records of activities undertaken and observations made on the school farm and on field trips and of specimens collected.
- EXAMINATION SCHEME
For candidates in Ghana only
There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.
PAPER 1: Will consist of fifty multiple choice objective questions all of which must be
answered within 1 hour for 50 marks.
PAPER 2: Will consist of six essay-type questions. Candidates will be required to answer four questions within 2 hours for 80 marks.
PAPER 3: Will be a practical paper for school candidates or a test of practical paper for private candidates. The paper will consist of four questions all of which must be answered within 2 hours for 60 marks.
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