Perspex screens are to be used between the candidate and the interviewer for this year's Leaving Certificate oral exams. Updated information, which has been circulated to school management by the State Examination Commission, also notes that the wearing of masks is not appropriate as this would interfere with clear communication.
The guidelines also state that the interviewer remains in the same room for the duration of the work and that candidates use their own pens to sign the Candidate Entry Roll and the Interviewer's Sign-Off Record.
There is to be no sharing of documents unless they can be sanitized between use. A fresh set for each candidate of the picture sequences, topic cards and role plays is required, or else a laminated set