LOGBOOKS – 132 candidates; – 129 passed – 98 per cent There were 128 logbooks submitted for the first time and 125 of them (98 per cent) were passed. Four more were re-submitted after failing in September 2007: all were

NEWSPAPER PRACTICE – 147 candidates; – 97 passed – 66 per cent Candidates performed generally very well on this paper, though marks were not as high as they were last year. The issues in the law questions were fairly basic

NEWS REPORT – 165 candidates; – 99 passed – 60 per cent News report featured one of the most topical national issues at the present time – teenage binge-drinking. Candidates were told that the Government had just revealed national statistics

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NEWS INTERVIEW – 159 candidates; – 115 passed – 72 per cent The March 2008 NCE news interview continued the web-first policy introduced last year and asked candidates to write an online story that would appear within two hours of

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