Northern Territory’s top 20 NTCET students revealed

The top Territory graduates are celebrating their NTCET scores. Find out who received this year’s best results.

The top 20 NT students for 2022 are celebrating their hard-earned achievements for the year.

Darwin High School student Alishba Saeed achieved an ATAR of 99.95 and a university aggregate of 89.6.

The lowest ATAR score among the Territory’s top 20 students was 98.2.

Northern Territory Christian School student Emma King was the highest achieving Aboriginal student in the NT with an ATAR of 95.9.

The high achievers graduated from Darwin High School, The Essington School, Casuarina Senior College and St Philip’s College.

High achievers after the announcement of 2022 NTCET Top 20 Year 12 Students and 2022 Top Aboriginal Student at NT Parliament House. Picture: Glenn Campbell

Education Minister Eva Lawler said 79 per cent of the NT’s eligible students received their Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training in 2022.

“It’s a substantial improvement on previous years,” Ms Lawler said.

“I think with Covid, people realised that this is what they want to do, and they all focused and knuckled down, but I think also, you saw that with Essington and Darwin High, you’ve got other students that are encouraging you, pushing you, that makes a difference as well.”

There were 70 students studying from remote NT communities, including the first six students to graduate from Laynhapuy Homelands School in East Arnhem land.

“I’m confident that we have bright, adaptable and innovative school leavers who will achieve anything they set their minds to,” Ms Lawler said.

“For our Year 12 students, as well as their parents, carers, families and teachers – the results are an indication of your hard work, dedication and commitment.”

NT’s 2022 top 20 NTCET students

1. Alishba Saeed, Darwin High School

2. Besna Tom, The Essington School

3. Garren Francis Hennessy, The Essington School

4. Yara Sultan, The Essington School

5. Riveen Abeywickrama, The Essington School

6. Nicholas Boffa, St Philip’s College

7. Mikaela Anne Carlos, The Essington School

8. Piper Mules, The Essington School

9. Zaira Nosaibah, Darwin High School

10. Upani Muthumala, Darwin High School

11. Zakelli Xie, The Essington School

12. Clarissa Verity Blum, Darwin High School

13. Trudy Joy Francis, Darwin High School

14. Bridget Louise Jackson, Casuarina Senior College

15. Aidan John Latz, Darwin High School

16. Kavisha Gunaneththige Dona, Darwin High School

17. Felicity Paige Chapman, Darwin High School

18. Avni Agarwal, The Essington School

19. Rachelle van den Herik, The Essington School

20. Vishram Karthik, The Essington School