A group of 34 Gozitan students, who sat for their A-level Matsec Accounting exam on April 25, are claiming that the papers they were examined on included questions which were not in the syllabus set by the Matsec Board 2005-2007.

In a letter to the chairman of the Matsec Board the students said they were surprised that in both Papers 1 and 2 they came across questions which were not included in their syllabus.

In Paper 1, Section A, they said, Question 1a tackled the conversion of partnership, which is not in the Matsec syllabus, and not the dissolution of partnership. Also, in Paper 1, Section A, Question 2 was very ambiguous, with each error having different interpretations, which was "very unfair" on the students.

Moreover, in Paper 2, Section B, Question 3b, the students had to apportion the profit of joint products, while the Matsec syllabus states that they must only have "theoretical knowledge of by-products and joint products".

The students are asking what action the Matsec board is ready to take to make sure they do not lose precious marks allocated to these questions.

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