The standard of the paper was of quality and compared favourably with those of previous years.  The rubrics were clear and the questions were straightforward, specific and spread to cover a wide range of the syllabus.  The marking scheme was detailed and flexible with adequate distribution of marks.

The performance of the candidates was poor than that of the previous year given the raw mean score of 30 and standard deviation of 15.07 for the candidates population of 2692 as against the raw mean score of 33 and standard deviation of 15.39 for the candidates population of 3121 for November/December 2008 WASSCE.