.      GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE PAPER AS A WHOLE

           The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years.
           The questions and rubrics were clear and the time allocated is very adequate.
           The marking scheme was detailed and generous.

           The performance of the candidates were slightly better than that of last year.
           The  candidature of 167986 had a raw mean score of 10  and a standard
           deviation  of a 05.74   as against a raw mean score of 10  and a standard
           deviation of  05.92   in November/December 2011 WASSCE with a population of
            159123.