- GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE PAPER AS A WHOLE
The standard of the Biology Paper was high and compared favourably with previous years. The rubrics were clear. The questions were well spread to cover a wide portion of the syllabus. The marking scheme was fair.
The performance of the candidates was poorer than that of the previous year with a raw mean score of 19 and standard deviation of 10.25 this year compared to a raw mean score of 21 and a standard deviation of 08.72 for the November/December 2012 WASSCE. The total population of candidates that sat for this examination was 259,433.
