STANDARD OF THE PAPER The standard of the paper is acceptable as the level of difficulty of the questions was reasonable. The paper covered all sections of the syllabus.

PERFORMANCE OF THE CANDIDATES The general performance of candidates was not encouraging. In certain cases it appeared that candidates did not take their time to understand the requirements of the question, resulting in candidates providing answers to certain questions that completely deviated from the requirement. The pass rate for this paper was 39% while that of the May 2020 was 43%. Answers provided represented the efforts of the individual candidates. Nothing showed from answers provided that there was copy work or attempt to cheat. Some candidates did not take their time to write, making reading difficult for markers