The standard of the paper was high and compared favourably with those of previous years. The rubrics were clear, the questions were unambiguous and within the scope of the syllabus. The Marking Scheme was exhaustive and flexible and. The performance of the candidates was slightly poorer this year with  a mean score of 24 and a standard deviation was 12.17 compared with a mean of 28 and standard deviation of 7.64 for Nov/Dec. 2006 WASSCE.