General Comments

The standard of the paper was high and compared favourably well with those of previous years. The rubrics were clear. The marking scheme was well prepared and adequate.

The performance of candidates this year was a bit poorer than that of last year with a raw mean score of 26 and standard deviation of 11.27 compared to a raw mean score of 29 and standard deviation of 8.25 for November/December 2015 WASSCE. The total number of candidates that sat the examination was 157,060