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 61,138 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 35 and a standard deviation of 16.16 as against a raw mean score of 16 and a standard deviation of 07.14 recorded in the 2016 NOV/DEC WASSCE (PRIVATE) with candidates’ population of 86,393.