The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. The rubrics were clear the marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive. The questions were unambiguous and clearly itemized to ease understanding. The candidates' performance was poorer than that of year 2007.
The candidate population of 9,216 had a raw mean score of 17 and a standard deviation of 9.43 as against a raw mean score of 19 and a standard deviation of 10.20 in the May/June 2007 WASSCE with a candidature of 9,780.