Dept defends its trashing of art

There's concern in some quarters that art flat-work, which this year was submitted for marking in May, is destroyed by the Department…

There's concern in some quarters that art flat-work, which this year was submitted for marking in May, is destroyed by the Department after assessment.

"We can appreciate that students may like to get their work back; however, it would be impossible for the Department to operate a return service," a spokesperson for the Department of Education and Science said.

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