The standard of the paper was high and compared favourably with previous years. The questions were balanced and in conformity with the syllabus.

The marking scheme was exhaustive and flexible. There was significant improvement in the general performance of the candidates when compared with the performance of last year. The raw mean score of 29 and the standard deviation of 09.33 were recorded this year compared to the mean score of 22 and standard deviation of 09.38 in November/December 2012 WASSCE.