The Chief Examiner reported that the standard of WASSCE General Mathematics paper was maintained. The questions covered a wide area of the syllabus and were all drawn from the content of the syllabus. According to the Chief Examiner, the questions were clear, unambiguous and tested a good number of concepts and definitions as well as candidates ability to apply their principles to solving given problems.
The marking scheme was also reported to be well drawn and flexible enough to accommodate all the responses received from the candidates.
The Chief Examiner further stated that candidates’ performance compared with those of previous years. According to the report, there appear to be no improvement in the areas of the syllabus where candidates’ performance have been observed to be poor even though there seemed to be an improvement in their performance in other areas.