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 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 comparable with that of the previous year. A total of 534,206 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 34 and a standard deviation of 8.43 as against a raw mean score of 34 and a standard deviation of 12.17 recorded in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2018 which had candidates’ population of 519,151.