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 519,151 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 39 and a standard deviation of 15.23 as against a raw mean score of 38 and a standard deviation of 16.73 recorded in the 2017 WASSCE for School Candidates with candidates’ population of 494,920.