More than 44 per cent of students at high-fee private schools,including Redlands and The McDonald College,claimed HSC disability provisions last year.
Lily Serna,“one of the faces of mathematics in Australia”,says maths not being a compulsory subject in the HSC doesn’t add up.
NSW Education Standards Authority chief Paul Martin wants to see a modernisation of the HSC,which has not faced major changes in more than 20 years.
The university says the move will allow it to attract a greater range of students. It will offer bridging courses to catch pupils up.
The ongoing workforce crisis has prompted the NSW Education Department to call more than 2000 retired teachers in a bid to entice them back to the classroom.
A spot in a Sydney selective school is a Willy Wonka-level golden ticket. And like purchasing thousands of chocolate bars,too many parents are paying too much to improve their child’s chances of securing a place.
As Sydney’s population grows,some of its very best schools are not growing with it.
A Rose Bay school has leapfrogged Geelong Grammar and Scots College to the top of the price list – and demand for a place remains high.
The exponential growth of HSC coaching colleges threatens to undermine the level playing field that the Year 12 examination theoretically offers all students of an equal shot at tertiary education.
International baccalaureate results have been released this morning,with a handful of Sydney students scoring top marks.
Up to 95 per cent of students at some of the state’s best selective schools are being privately coached,getting a jump on their peers.