General Comments

The standard of the paper was high and compared with previous papers. The questions were within the scope of the examination syllabus. The rubrics were clear and unambiguous. The marking scheme was detailed, comprehensive, clear and fair to all candidates.

The raw mean score of11.0and standard deviation of 7.81indicated that the performance of the candidates was worse than Private Candidates 2020, with a raw mean score of18.0and standard deviation of8.06 . A total of 3, 943 candidates sat the paper.