General Comments

The paper compared favourably with those of previous years in standard, the skills tested and the coverage of the 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 worse than that of the previous year. A total of 20,791 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 25 and a standard deviation of 11.00 as against a raw mean score of 20 and a standard deviation of 10.95 recorded in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 – Second Series which had candidates’ population of 34,326.

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