the following: Re-schedule the exams within the I can say that all seems to be fair and annual examination period: reasonable given the requirements of the When there are two 3 hour exams on legislation except for the provision that the same day for some students with a students with a disability can be permitted to physical, sensory or medical disability sit their annual exams during the supplemental and they may be taking medication and examination period as a first sitting with no require additional time or rest breaks. option of repeating the exams. I would advise When essential medical treatment is that a repeat examination should be required or to allow for recovery from accommodated if necessary; otherwise this medical treatment. could be viewed as discriminatory treatment. Split exams between annual and supplemental sittings: When preparation for or the sitting of exams have been significantly interrupted by the nature of the disability and when the situation may not have changed in time for the supplemental examination period. When the workload is considered too great for the student with a disability to take on and be fairly assessed in comparison with their peers. Some students face up to 11 exams of 3 hours duration. In Junior & Senior Sophister years where there are no supplemental examinations: Students may be permitted to defer one or more of their exams to the supplemental period and sit those exams as a first sitting. This is a reasonable accommodation in circumstances where the nature of the disability affects the student completing the annual examinations. As for the reasons given above, students with a disability can be permitted to sit their annual exams during the supplemental examination period as a first sitting with no option of repeating the exams.
the following: Re-schedule the exams within the annual examination period: When there are two 3 hour exams on the same day for some students with a physical, sensory or medical disability and they may be taking medication and require additional time or rest breaks. When essential medical treatment is required or to allow for recovery from medical treatment. Split exams between annual and supplemental sittings: When preparation for or the sitting of exams have been significantly interrupted by the nature of the disability and when the situation may not have changed in time for the supplemental examination period. When the workload is considered too great for the student with a disability to take on and be fairly assessed in comparison with their peers. Some students face up to 11 exams of 3 hours duration. In Junior & Senior Sophister years where there are no supplemental examinations: Students may be permitted to defer one or more of their exams to the supplemental period and sit those exams as a first sitting. This is a reasonable accommodation in circumstances where the nature of the disability affects the student completing the annual examinations. As for the reasons given above, students with a disability can be permitted to sit their annual exams during the supplemental examination period as a first sitting with no option of repeating the exams. I can say that all seems to be fair and reasonable given the requirements of the legislation except for the provision that students with a disability can be permitted to sit their annual exams during the supplemental examination period as a first sitting with no option of repeating the exams. I would advise that a repeat examination should be accommodated if necessary; otherwise this could be viewed as discriminatory treatment.
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