The paper compared favourably with those of previous years in standard, the skills tested and the coverage of the prescribed examination syllabus.  The questions were straight forward and clearly itemized to ease comprehension. The rubrics were clear and the marking scheme was quite flexible and exhaustive.

     The performance of the candidates was better than that of the previous year. The candidates’ population of 181,527had a raw mean score of 23 and a standard deviation of 10.20 as against a raw mean score of 15 and a standard deviation of 6.56 recorded in the November/December 2012 WASSCE with candidate population of 242,908