General Comments

The paper compared favourably with those of previous years in standard, skills tested and 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 better than that of the previous year. A total of 27,156 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 27 and a standard deviation of 10.49 as against a raw mean score of 20 and a standard deviation of 9.43 recorded in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2021 – Second Series which had candidates’ population of 16,951.