General Comments

The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. 
The questions were clearly itemized, unambiguous and comprehensive. The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive and the rubrics were clear.

The performance of the candidates was better compared to that of the previous year. A total of 369,542 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 31 and a standard deviation of 9.11 as against a raw mean score of 25 and a standard deviation of 10.82 recorded in the 2017 WASSCE for School Candidates with candidates’ population of 410,101.