STANDARD OF THE PAPER The standard of the paper was good. It compares favourably with those of May, 2016. Candidates were required to attempt the case question and any other three questions. There were no ambiguities, typographical or other errors in the paper. The marks allocation was fair and marks were allocated to each sub-question. All the questions were within the scope of the syllabus.

PERFORMANCE OF THE CANDIDATES Overall, the performance of candidates in the November 2016 examination was low. A good number of the candidates performed poorly because they did not prepare very well for the examination. Part of the reason for the poor performances may be due to the policy that allow candidates to write across levels