General Comments

 

The standard of the paper compared favorably with those of previous years. The questions were straightforward, clear, unambiguous and within the scope of the syllabus. The marking scheme was exhaustive and clear.

The performance of candidates was better than that of last year with a raw mean score of 27 and standard deviation of 10.34 compared to a raw mean score of 24 and standard deviation of 9.22 for WASSCE for SC, 2017. The total number of candidates that sat the examination was 1,087,884.