General Comments

The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. The questions were unambiguous and comprehensive.  The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive and the rubrics were clear.

Candidates’ performance was better than that of the previous year. A total of 16,951 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 35 and a standard deviation of 16.91 as against a raw mean score of 33 and a standard deviation of 14.66 recorded in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2020 – Second Series with candidates’ population of 20,791.