The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years.  The
maximum mark obtainable has increased from 80 to 90 marks. The questions have reduced from ten to six and were clearly itemized, unambiguous and comprehensive.  The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive and the rubricswere clear.

Candidates’ performance was slightly lower than that of the previous year.  A total of 952,983  candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 38and a standard deviation of 18.63 as against a raw mean score of 37 and a standard deviation of 15.17 recorded in the May/June 2013 WASSCE with candidates’ population of 1,305,194.