22 December 2022
By email:
[FYI request #21234 email]
Dear Z
I refer to your information request dated 25 November 2022 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You have requested grade distributions for the 2022 Bachelor of Oral Health
(BOH) papers, including the compulsory papers MAOR102, PUBH202 and SOCI101.
Subject to the following comments, please find attached the information you have requested. Please
note that there are four sheets in the attached document (one for each year level of the BOH
programme, and one for the compulsory papers).
• on occasions where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a grade of
Fail, Fail D or Fail E), we have determined that it is necessary to withhold the specific grades
for these students and indicate the number of students as “<5” (“fewer than 5”) to protect
their privacy and wellbeing. We consider that withholding this information is necessary to
protect against the identity of these students being determined or inferred, and their
personal information (i.e. their grades) could be disclosed. We therefore withhold this
information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
• the grade distributions for the BOH compulsory papers are limited to students enrolled in
the BOH programme only.
• students who withdrew from any of the papers are excluded from the data.
I trust that this information will be helpful.
In the above cases, we consider that good reasons exist for withholding information and this is not
outweighed by other considerations which would make it desirable, in the public interest, to make
the information available. If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request,
section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review
this response. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Yours sincerely
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar
