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Statistics on Candidates with SEN and Major Types of
Special Examination Arrangements (SEAs)

No. of candidates with SEAs approved

3,500

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0 Year
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
No. of SEN centres
for written exams¹ 67 84 110 133 160 207 244 263

No. of SEN centres for
speaking exams 16 11 14 17 21 25 25 25

Major types of SEAs for Candidates with SEN

Special centre arrangements² 847 1,135 1,522 1,689 2,002 2,404 2,619 3,044

Extra time allowance (ETA)³ 493 776 1,067 1,273 1,624 1,973 2,123 2,456

Supervised breaks 217 351 490 551 619 729 708 936

Use of screen reader 42 68 86 95 127 170 191 224
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Use of speech-to-text software N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 144 4 171 4 225

Plain text labels/ N/A N/A N/A N/A 90 130 194 231
descriptions for ASD candidates

Exemption from 96 101 105 82 82 82 76 81
component/part of an exam

Notes:
¹ Includes home-centres, district centres and special centres.
² Includes candidates who sat written and/or speaking exams in SEN centres.
³ Includes ETA in written exams and/or prolonged pauses and/or additional pauses in listening components of language subjects.
4 Includes candidates who confirmed to cancel the provision on the day of the exam.
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