The paper was of a high standard as in previous years and within the ·scope of the examination syllabus.
The rubrics were clear, the questions were straightforward and the marking scheme was exhaustible.
The performance of the candidates was lower than that of the previous year indicating a decline the level of understanding of the demands of the questions.

The candidate population of 231, 146had a raw mean score of 20 and a standard deviation of 13.42compared to the November 2006 WASSGE with a candidate population of 257,569, a raw mean, score of 26 and standard deviation of 12,4.8.