- GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE PAPER AS A WHOLE
The paper compared favourably with those of previous years in standard, the skills tested and the coverage of the WASSCE Syllabus. The questions were straight forward and clearly itemized to ease comprehension. The rubrics were clear and the marking scheme was flexible and comprehensive.
The performance of the candidates was lower than that of the previous year. The candidates’ population of 242,908 had a raw mean score of 15and a standard deviation of 6.56 as against a raw mean score of 24and a standard deviation of 10.96 in the November/December 2011 WASSCE with a candidate population of 229,891.