• Considering that obtaining Vendor Certifications is voluntary, I really don't think there are legal grounds for any governmental organization to make such requests. If these certifications were required for employment by government regulations, then there would be a case for such action.

    I may not call these high school level agreements vendor certification because when colleges and community colleges get vendor agreement with Microsoft the requirements are very strict including only five per class yes only five students per class. The high school level agreements are one step above expensive public relations.

    I prepared for Sun Java certified a while back and read a posting by a Russian professor of CS barely passing that base Java exam. That and the fact that women and minorities not passing them makes them worthy of questions all these companies earn at least one third of their revenue from Government contracts. The disadvantaged are locked out of career improvement credentials.

    Kind regards,
    Gift Peddie