A fairly large cohort of lads took the city and guilds 2396 level 4 award in design and verification of electrical installations at our centre on Thursday evening. Really good to see people on courses who are there of their own volition rather than be forced through the 18th edition meat grinder. Any way, there is a declaration at the front of the paper that they must sign that compels them not to divulge the questions to anyone. Of course, after the exam the guys want to do a detailed post-mortem and who could blame them. For most, if not all, that signed declaration they made is of no consequence and questions are regurgitated almost verbatim.

Have any of you sat exams that demanded such a declaration? Or is it just city and guilds way of escaping the need to keep their questions fresh and fully subject to moderation, which is, no doubt, an expensive outlay for them?