STANDARD OF THE PAPER The standard of the question paper was good and candidates were asked to answer all the five (5) questions. The mark allocations followed the weight as stated in the syllabus and marks were allocated to all sub-questions. There were no ambiguities in the paper. The questions were clear, well typed and the instructions were also clearly stated. The questions were evenly spread over the topics in the syllabus. The questions were not too loaded. The questions were standard and the marking scheme was well typed.

PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES The performance of candidates was below average and lower as compared to the previous sitting. Candidates overall passed rate of 36% was achieved. High performers were evenly spread across all centres and so also were low performers. There were no signs of copying in any centre. Some candidates exhibited a high sense of preparedness while others were not well prepared and therefore performed poorly