EXAMINER’S GENERAL COMMENTS One could describe the overall understanding of the examination questions by candidates as 60% fair and 40% poor. However, there were a handful of good and excellent answers that were given by some candidates showing that they had good knowledge of the subject-matter.

STANDARD OF THE PAPER The standard and the choice of the questions were satisfactory. The coverage and weighting structure of the Public Sector Accounting and Finance Paper seemed to have been followed but some of the marks awarded to the questions were lopsided. Evaluation of the examination questions indicated that more than 80 percent of the topics in the syllabus were covered. This is quite commendable because it provided the candidates enough flexibility to answer a variety of topics in the syllabus. The Questions set were not sub-standard. However, many candidates struggled to understand their meaning.