Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

This matter relates to ensuring the integrity of the exam and the exam results. I have yet to meet an employer who actually sought to see anyone's exam certificate. A student may have been unable to complete a full section of an exam. He or she for example might not have been able to do the aural or oral section. It would then be indicated on the certificate that such a student was marked out of 100% on the remaining exam sectors, because the student would not have completed all of the exam components completed by other students.

This is not designed to be insensitive to people. It would be insensitive to place a reference to disability on an exam certificate, but the note on the certificates involved simply explains the exam circumstances. The accommodations currently given are greatly varied in order to meet the needs of a wide variety of students.

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