HSC results 2017: Wait finally over for NSW students
A RECORD 68,816 NSW students received their HSC results today, with an unprecedented number taking out top honours.
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THE wait is over for almost 78,000 NSW students who are receiving their HSC results by SMS, email and online from 6am this morning
A record 57,068 students also will be eligible for an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) for university entry, to be released tomorrow by the Universities Admissions Centre.
The class of 2017 has achieved record-breaking results in the 50th anniversary HSC exams with more students receiving the prestigious ‘All Around Achievers Award’ than ever.
This year an unprecedented 1394 candidates earned this coveted award. To gain the honour students must score in the highest possible band across ten units.
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A further 16,626 students also received the ‘Distinguished Achievers Award’, recognising students who score in the highest band in at least one course.
An elite group of 870 students with both a top place and top band results will be acknowledged with the “Top Achievers” award.
Data crunched by the NSW Education Standards Authority shows about 96 per cent of course results this year were in the top four bands with 12 per cent in the top band.
Education Minister Rob Stokes congratulated the high achievers wishing them the best of luck in their promising futures.
“I could think of no more fitting tribute to the 50th anniversary of the HSC exams than to praise the dedication, intelligence, hard work and perseverance of these remarkable young women and men,” Mr Stokes said.
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“We also commend the 69,000 students receiving their HSC this year. 2017’s remarkable results include more than two-thirds of all students ranking in the top three bands.
“Students receiving their HSC this year should be proud of what they have achieved. It is a starting point as young people move forward to discover their full potential.”
With students notified of their results from 6am Mr Stokes asked graduates not to panic if they did not meet their expectations.
“Today’s results are just one of the pathways to success. Our education system provides many different opportunities beyond the HSC”, he said.
Students will also be able to access their results by logging in to their Students Online account.
From December 20 students can download their NESA credential as a free PDF via their Students Online account.
Congrats to all students receiving their HSC results today. 24 years ago we went to the mail centre 4 our results. Today they come via text.
— Julian Leeser MP (@JulianLeeser) December 13, 2017
HSC credentials include a HSC Testamur, Record of Achievement detailing Year 12, 11 and 10 results and personalised course reports for relevant HSC courses.
After downloading, students are urged to save or print their credentials as their Students Online account will only remain open until June, 30 2018.
The HSC Results Inquiry Centre (1300 13 83 23) will be available from 8am today (Thurs) followed shortly after by other HSC results services.
HSC BY THE NUMBERS
* 68,816 students were awarded their HSC this year.
* 57,068 students are eligible for an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) for university entry.
* 1749 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieved their HSC, with a record 940 eligible for an ATAR.
* 1,394 students with a top band result in 10 or more HSC units are receiving the ‘All Around Achievers’ award
* 870 students with both a top place and top band results are being acknowledged with the ‘Top Achievers’ award
* 18,020 students with a top band result in one or more course are receiving the ‘Distinguished Achievers’ award
EDUCATION MINISTER RECALLS HSC PRANK
NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes have described the moment his friends played a trick on him when he was waiting for his HSC results in 1991.
“My friends decided to raid my letterbox and get my results and then give me the wrong results,” Mr Stokes said.
“They eventually relented and gave them to my mother so I was in a phone box getting the real results from my mum later that day.”
Mr Stokes, who attended Shore School, congratulated all students.
“Students receiving their HSC this year should be proud of what they have achieved. It is a starting point as young people move forward to discover their full potential,” he said.
The Minister, however, urged students not to panic if their results did not meet their expectations.
“Today’s results are just one of the pathways to success. Our education system provides many different opportunities beyond the HSC,” he said.
GIRLS TOP OF THE HSC CLASS
GIRLS have blitzed boys in the HSC high achievers’ awards and are mounting an all-out offensive on traditionally male-dominated courses.
Female students topped the state in construction, software design and development, primary industries and economics as 76 girls snapped up first place certificates compared with 44 boys.
No one better illustrated the female assault on masculine subjects than 18-year-old Bianca Ritter, who took out the top spot in construction, saying she wanted to “break the stereotype” that it was a boys-only course.
“I had some comments from people who thought it was a joke but who’s laughing now,” Bianca said after receiving her first-in-course award at a ceremony attended by Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday.
“I can’t remember the last time our school had a female student do construction — I went out of my comfort zone but I enjoyed the challenge.”
Public schools dominated the first-in-course list, taking out 73 of the 114 courses.
Catholic students also performed strongly, with 18 students from the sector winning first places.
Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott said: “We have first-in-course students in regional areas from Griffith to Mullumbimby and Nowra.
“All students who have completed the HSC have succeeded in a world-class education system and now have the experience and skills to follow their dreams.”
Sydney Boys High School was the most successful public school securing eight firsts, followed by Fort Street High School with six.
NSW BUSINESS WANTS HSC OVERHAUL
As thousands of NSW Year 12 students wake to their HSC results, the state’s peak business organisation is calling for an urgent overhaul of the system to better prepare students for adult life.
NSW Business Chamber Chief Executive Stephen Cartwright says business needs transferable enterprise skills, rather than “subject matter expertise borne of rote learning”.
“This year marks the fiftieth year of the HSC and since its introduction in 1967 much has changed. The world has shifted from an industrial to the digital age, and business is calling for transferable ‘enterprise’ skills rather than the subject matter expertise borne of rote learning,” Mr Cartwright said in a statement.
HSC RESULTS AREN’T EVERYTHING
While some students will be over the moon with their results, inevitably there will be some left disappointed and pondering the future.
Campbeltown MP Greg Warren took to Twitter this morning with some sage advice and a personal story.
Best wishes to our HSC students for their results. I left school after yr10 to join @AustralianArmy & to be honest, I coasted through and more interested hanging with my mates. Though, I did later complete my MBA, so be assured tomorrow’s result doesnt define you! Good luck 🙠pic.twitter.com/OwAk3NPkyw
— Greg Warren MP (@GregWarren_) December 13, 2017
“I left school after year 10 to join @AustralianArmy & to be honest, I coasted through and more interested hanging with my mates.
“Though, I did later complete my MBA, so be assured tomorrow’s result doesn't define you! Good luck”.