General Comments
The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. The questions
were unambiguous and comprehensive. The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive
while the rubrics were clear.
Candidates’ performance was poorer than that of the previous year. A total of 591,503 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 44 and a standard deviation of 13.23 as against a raw mean score of 48 and a standard deviation of 12.77 recorded in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2021 with candidates’ population of 545,673.