General Comments on the paper as a whole

The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. The questions were clearly itemized, unambiguous and comprehensive. The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive while the rubrics were clear.
Candidates’ performance was slightly better than that of the previous year. A total of 534,206 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 45 and a standard deviation of 14.07 as against a raw mean score of 39 and a standard deviation of 15.23 recorded in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2018 with candidates’ population of 519,151.