Ms Andrea Feeney:

We need to look at what happened to the scheme within that time. The examinations commission was set up in 2003, shortly after the first formal scheme of reasonable accommodations. In 2003, only 5% of students taking the certificate examinations were being provided with any form of supports. That number has increased exponentially. In fact, in the last two years, the proportion of students being accommodated within the scheme has gone from 22% to 26%. There have been significant changes over that time based on review of the scheme in 2007 and 2008, and another one in 2016 and 2017. We have seen massive changes in the types of accommodations being provided to students.