General Comments

The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years in standard, the skills tested and the coverage of the prescribed examination syllabus. The questions were straight forward and clearly itemized to ease comprehension. The rubrics were clear and the marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive.

Candidates’ performance was the same as that of the previous year. A total of 86,393 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 21 and a standard deviation of 9.54 as against a raw mean score of 21 and a standard deviation of 08.89 recorded in the November/December 2015 WASSCE which had a candidates’ population of 121,796.