GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE PAPER AS A WHOLE

The standard of the paper was satisfactory and is comparable with those of previous years.  The questions were well structured, clear and within the scope of the syllabus. The rubrics were clear and concise.  The marking scheme was detailed, flexible and fair to the candidates.

The performance of the candidates was better than that of last year as a candidature of 167886  recorded a raw mean score of 16 and a standard deviation of 08.89 against a candidature of 159110 with a raw mean score of 11 and a standard deviation of 07.62 in November/December 2011 WASSCE.