Sciences
ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture
Syllabus topics
46 topics and subtopics in the 2015-2022 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2018.
- 5.3
Crop husbandry
The scope and sequence page for this topic is misprinted in the source (it repeats the Soil and water table), so the sub-topics and their forms are read from…
About this syllabus
The ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture syllabus (Forms 1-4) is an applied science course with six topics: general agriculture (land use and tenure, environmental factors, natural farming regions, forestry and wildlife), soil and water (soil formation, properties and fertility, erosion and conservation, drainage, water conservation and irrigation), crop husbandry (plant classification, structure and processes, crop improvement, crop production and protection), animal husbandry (livestock types, anatomy, nutrition, small livestock, non-ruminants and ruminants, health and improvement), farm structures and machinery, and agri-business (records and accounts, principles of economics, budgeting, marketing and co-operatives). It is taught with Zimbabwean examples and practical projects.
How you are assessed
Continuous assessment (projects, theory and practical tests in Forms 1-4) carries 30%. The summative examination carries 70%: Paper 1 has 40 multiple-choice items (1 hour, 20%); Paper 2 (2 hours, 100 marks, 35%) has six compulsory structured questions in Section A (60 marks) and, in Section B, one 20-mark crop production question and one 20-mark animal husbandry question chosen from six; Paper 3 is practical coursework moderated by ZIMSEC (15%).
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