Vol. 497 No. 3
187 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of students who availed of the opportunity to view and examine their own marked scripts after the 1998 leaving certificate examinations; the cost to the State of the exercise; the plans, if any, he has to repeat the exercise in 1999; the subjects on which scripts were made available in 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/98]
Out of a total of some 64,000 candidates who sat the leaving certificate examination this year, it is estimated that 7,400 availed of the opportunity to view their marked scripts. The cost of this exercise was of the order of £280,000. In 1998 the scripts in the following subjects were available for viewing:
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English |
Physics |
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Mathematics |
Physics and Chemistry |
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History |
Technical Drawing |
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Economic History |
Chemistry |
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Geography |
Economics |
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Business Organisation |
Latin |
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Accounting |
Classical Studies |
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Biology |
Applied Mathematics |
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Home Economics (General) |
Greek |
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Home Economics (Social and Scientific) |
