The  standard of the paper compared favourably with those of the previous years. The  topics covered in the questions were within the context of the syllabus and the  Marking Scheme was detailed, concise and comprehensive. There  was a remarkable improvement in the performance of the candidates when compared  with those of the previous years. This may have resulted from the greater  attention given to life drawing over object and nature drawing, contrary to the  practice in the past when it was vice versa.