Charles Dickens, George Orwell and Sylvia Plath will all disappear from the HSC English syllabus in NSW, but their replacements aren’t too shabby.
Charles Dickens is among the classic authors who will be dropped from the NSW English syllabus from 2027.
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Please bureaucrats, I want some more.
Some more Dickens, that is. Forget Spotify Unwrapped – the most eagerly anticipated reveal in literary circles at the end of this year was the announcement of what books NSW students would have to study for their higher school certificate from 2027.
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