New South Wales Higher School Certificate

E485575

educational qualification secondary school leaving certificate standardised examination system

The New South Wales Higher School Certificate is the main senior secondary school credential in New South Wales, Australia, typically awarded to students upon successful completion of their final years of high school and associated examinations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Higher School Certificate	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational qualification ⓘ secondary school leaving certificate ⓘ standardised examination system ⓘ
abbreviation	NSW HSC NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	NESA NERFINISHED ⓘ New South Wales Education Standards Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
assessmentApproach	standards-referenced assessment ⓘ
awardedFor	completion of HSC examinations and school assessment requirements ⓘ completion of senior secondary school studies ⓘ satisfactory completion of prescribed pattern of study ⓘ
canBeUndertakenBy	full-time school students ⓘ mature-age candidates ⓘ part-time students ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
educationLevel	senior secondary ⓘ
finalYearsOfSchooling	Year 11 and Year 12 ⓘ
governingLegislation	Education Act 1990 (NSW) and subsequent amendments NERFINISHED ⓘ
gradingSystem	A–E for Board Developed Courses (standards-based) ⓘ
hasSubjectTypes	Board Developed Courses ⓘ Board Endorsed Courses ⓘ Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses ⓘ
includesComponent	external examinations ⓘ school-based assessment ⓘ syllabus-based courses ⓘ
introducedInYear	1967 ⓘ
isComparableTo	Queensland Certificate of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian Certificate of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
linkedTo	Australian Tertiary Admission Rank NERFINISHED ⓘ
minimumStandardRequirement	literacy and numeracy minimum standard tests ⓘ
predecessor	Leaving Certificate (New South Wales) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	state of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognisedBy	employers in Australia ⓘ universities in Australia ⓘ
shortName	HSC NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectAreasInclude	Creative Arts ⓘ English ⓘ Humanities and Social Sciences ⓘ Languages ⓘ Mathematics ⓘ Personal Development, Health and Physical Education ⓘ Sciences ⓘ Technological and Applied Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetGroup	students completing secondary schooling in New South Wales ⓘ
typicalDurationOfStudy	2 years ⓘ
typicalStudentAgeRange	16–19 ⓘ
usedFor	tertiary entrance across Australia via ATAR ⓘ university admission in New South Wales ⓘ
usesScale	mark out of 100 for most courses ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cessnock High School → offersQualification → New South Wales Higher School Certificate ⓘ

Dungog High School → offersQualification → New South Wales Higher School Certificate ⓘ

Kiama High School → offersQualification → New South Wales Higher School Certificate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Higher School Certificate

Mudgee High School → offersQualification → New South Wales Higher School Certificate ⓘ

Taree High School → offersQualification → New South Wales Higher School Certificate ⓘ