Although the practical examination period is effectively a week longer than in 2000, it is also a week later, as the term dates move back from the adjustments made for the Olympic Games. This means that the practical examination period will finish a week before the end of Term 3, as has been traditionally the case. Details regarding the certification of performance and project works, and information regarding the procedures for submitting project works to the Office of the Board of Studies for marking will be provided to schools in Term 1, 2001. Supervising teachers should refer to the ACE Manual, the relevant syllabus and examination specifications documents regarding the rules of certification for projects and performances in each course. Please note that completion dates advised in this memo are the official dates for completion of projects.
Students are to be permitted to complete their projects up to the dates specified.
The supervising teacher and school principal are required to certify completion on the scheduled dates. Please note that Itinerant marking for the asterisked courses will commence on the Monday after the completion date, and run for two weeks except in the case of Visual Arts. It will generally be the case that metropolitan schools will be marked in the first week, and country schools in the second, although there will be exceptions to this. Itinerant marking of Visual Arts will commence on Monday 29 October. Details regarding specific dates for Language examinations will be sent under separate cover.