§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he intends that blind and partially sighted students should have the opportunity to take the GCSE as key stage 4 of the national curriculum;
(2) what arrangements are being made by his Department to ensure that examination papers for the GCSE are available in Braille.
§ Mr. EggarExamination papers are made available in braille for those visually impaired candidates who are notified to the examining groups as needing this facility. The cost of brailling papers is spread evenly over the examination fees of all GCSE candidates. I would envisage these arrangements continuing with the introduction of the national curriculum.