The paper compared favorably with those of previous years in standard, the skills tested and the coverage of the prescribed examination syllabus.  The questions were straight forward and clearly itemized to ease comprehension.  The rubrics were clear and the marking scheme was quite flexible and exhaustive. 
The performance of the candidates was higher than that of the previous year.  The number of candidates who sat for the examination was 1,305,194.They had a raw mean score of 33 and a standard deviation of 10.39 as against a raw mean score of 24 and a standard deviation of 10.44 recorded in the May/June 2012 WASSCE which had a candidate population of 1,317,865.