Satisfactorily complete courses in Year 9 & 10 and achieve the Record of School Achievement (RoSA).
Complete HSC: All My Own Work prior to commencing your Preliminary Course.
Meet the HSC minimum standard of literacy and numeracy within 5 years of starting your course.
Satisfactorily complete courses in a specific pattern of study over Year 11 and 12, and make a serious attempt at all required HSC exams.
As well as your subjects, assessments and the final HSC Examinations, you can see that you need to complete two separate NESA-required items to be eligible to obtain your Higher School Certificate.
The HSC minimum standard of literacy and numeracy is a requirement by NESA to ensure that all students are ready for the workforce and prepared for everyday life after school. To show they meet the HSC minimum standard, students need to achieve Level 3 or 4 in short online reading, writing and numeracy tests of skills.
Kingsgrove High School will organise for you sit for these online tests and support you in fulfilling this obligation at school. You can continue to sit for these tests for up to 5 years after starting your HSC course.
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HSC: All My Own Work is a program designed to help HSC students follow the principles and practices of good scholarship. This includes understanding, valuing and using ethical practices when locating and using information as part of their HSC studies. Students who have completed the program will also know about penalties for cheating and how to avoid malpractice when preparing their work for assessment.
To be eligible for the HSC, students must complete HSC: All My Own Work (or its equivalent) before they submit any work for Preliminary (Year 11) or HSC (Year 12) courses, unless they are only entered for Year 11 and Year 12 Life Skills courses. Kingsgrove High School will organise for you to undertake this course in the lead up to the commencement of Year 11.