Mr. Dalton Tattan:

I suppose in the very immediate term the answer is probably "Yes" in that we announced in August last, as the Deputy will be aware, that there are some adjustments to the papers and there is some level of increased choice. Sometimes there may be further questions added to the paper to give more choice. Sometimes there is less required of a student in terms of content to be covered in order to be able to access the paper.

Over the past couple of years those have been responses to Covid and the disruption students have experienced as a result of Covid. Obviously, there was quite a bit of positive feedback and I seem to remember, in terms of the examination, particularly the written examination last June, some of the pressures students would have experienced in trying to get through a paper in a demanding three hours or thereabouts timeframe seemed to have been lifted somewhat. That is interesting. It is something we need to reflect on in terms of whether that is an improved experience but I suppose, too, going back some of the earlier conversation, whatever assessment process we have now and into the future needs to be properly aligned to the curriculum and it needs to be a fair assessment in terms of the students' skills and knowledge.