13 February 2024
By email: [FYI request #25303 email]
Tēnā koe CK
I refer to your information request dated 27 December 2024 made under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act). You have requested the mark and grade distributions of the BSNS113 and ECON112
papers offered by the University of Otago for the past three years.
Subject to the fol owing comments, please see attached the information you have requested. Please
note there are three pages in the attached document (one for each year).
The data is correct as at 7 February 2024.
we note that the grade and mark distribution for the Semester 2 2023 BSNS113 paper has not
been finalised yet as the final grades for some students have not been confirmed. On that
basis, we decline this part of your request pursuant to section 18(g) of the Act, as the
information requested is not held by the University as at today’s date. We would be happy to
consider a new request from you at a later date if you stil wish to receive this information –
we expect that al student grades wil be confirmed by late February 2024.
In the attached grade and mark distributions, we note that students who withdrew from the
papers or received an Aegrotat Pass (not a grade or mark) are excluded from the data.
I trust that this information wil be helpful.
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
Joey Lin
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar