To allow students, in unique circumstances, to meet the diploma exam obligation, a Special Writing Centre may be established for students who are outside of Alberta when a diploma exam is scheduled to be administered. A Special Writing Centre is a site outside of Alberta that is temporarily approved by Assessment (Special Cases) to serve as a diploma exam writing centre.

Only Special Cases (SC) can add/manage special Diploma Exam Sittings, and add registrations to special exam sittings in PASI.

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In special circumstances, a student/parent may request to write in a special writing centre if they meet the criteria specified in the General Information Bulletin. This scenario begins when the student identified that they need to write in a special sitting.

1. Student registers for the course / Exam Session they wish to write through the Register for Diploma Exam to a regular exam sitting(s).
   1. The student will generally register at their school, or SC may recommend for them to register at a provincial writing centre if they are not in school or the school does not offer the exam.
   2. By registering through the normal process, the student will also be able to submit the payment required through the normal channels (if fee is required)
2. Student submits a request to SC to write in a special sitting for the course / exam session.
   1. The process to submit a request is outside the scope of PASI
3. SC processes the request
   1. This process is outside the scope of PASI
4. SC approves the request, and sets up a special sitting on PASI. This can be done through the Submit Diploma Exam Sitting service (or through PASIprep's Edit Diploma Exam Sitting)
5. SC edits the Student's exam registration to place the Student in the special sitting(s). This can be done through the Submit Diploma Exam Mark service (or through PASIprep's Edit Diploma Exam Registration)
6. SC communicates the decision to the student.

This scenario ends with the student being registered in the special exam sitting for the exam session / course.

This scenario starts from step 3 of the Primary Scenario #1 and SC decides not to approve the student's request to write in the special sitting.

This scenario continues on from Step 6 of the Primary Scenario #1.

This scenario starts from step 6 of the Primary Scenario #1 where student is approved to write in a special sitting, but they have decided to no longer write in the special sitting.

1. Student informs SC that they no longer wish to write in the special sitting
   1. Note: Only ministry users can modify/delete special sitting registration, thus, student must contact SC if they no longer intend to write in the special sitting to change their registration.
2. SC edits the Student's exam registration to place the Student in the sitting they now intend to write in. This can be done through the Submit Exam Mark service (through PASIprep's Add/Modify Diploma Exam Registration)

This scenario ends with the student being registered in the exam sitting they intend to write in for the exam session / course.