STANDARD OF THE PAPER The Business Management and Information Systems paper was of standard quality. The question setters indicated the number of points candidates were required to explain/discuss for the marks allocated, thus making it easy for the candidates to tackle questions in the order in which they believed would inure to their advantage. The amount of work required to be done by candidates to earn marks allocated to each question was commensurate with the needed effort. No question was either too loaded or sub-standard. The questions were free from errors and ambiguities. The questions were fairly spread across the syllabus.

The overall performance of candidates was very good. Of the one hundred and thirtyseven (137) candidates who wrote the Paper, one hundred and two (102) passed giving a pass rate of seventy-four (74%). This shows a significant improvement compared with the performance recorded in the November 2021 examinations of fifty-five per cent (55%) pass rate. We hold the view that the candidates performed well because most of them took their time to prepare well for the examinations. It is also worth noting that candidates did well to study all parts of the syllabus instead of doing selective reading. We observed that most candidates found it difficult to answer Question 5 (a) – on the BCG Matrix which suggests that candidates probably did not concern themselves with that aspect of the syllabus. This phenomenon was widespread and the Institute may liaise with the Private Tuition Providers to work on this issue. High and low performers were spread across all centres and not concentrated at any given centre or centres. We did not observe any sign of copying or any form of collusion at any particular centre. Some candidates spent too much time writing introductions which were not required. Others spent time on portions that earned them fewer marks and therefore could not properly answer the substantive question with higher marks, thus performing badly.