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

Candidates’ performance was slightly better than that of the previous year. A total of 494,920 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 38 and a standard deviation of 16.73 as against a raw mean score of 37 and a standard deviation of 16.49 recorded in the 2016 WASSCE for School Candidates with candidates’ population of 484,051.