I propose to take Questions Nos. 8, 17, 18, 19, 28, 39, 43, 55, 57, 58 and 59 together.
Candidates presented a total of 806,663 written, oral, aural and practical items of work for the 1996 leaving certificate examination. As a result of checking in the examinations branch prior to the issue of the results, revisions were made to 0.1 per cent of the total marks awarded by examiners for those items of work.
Clerical checking is an integral part of the appeals process. The statistics maintained on the appeals process do not distinguish between mark changes made by appeal examiners due to clerical checking and changes as a result of the second marking. At the appeal stage 0.25 per cent of the 392,000 grades issued in August were revised.