Malpractice

Malpractice, including plagiarism, in the HSC Assessment Program refers to any attempt by a student to improve their assessment by any means which does not give a true reflection of their own work or their own learning.

Examples of malpractice would include:

·        submitting work prepared by another person for an assignment

·        using sources of information or quotations which are not acknowledged

·        submitting downloaded text from the internet without appropriate acknowledgement

·        submitting work that has been plagiarised. This may include things such as; using words, ideas, designs or the workmanship of others in practical and performance tasks without appropriate acknowledgement or building on the ideas of another person without reference to the source.

·        paying someone to write or prepare material

·        students having relevant information in their possession, visible or accessible during a test

·        using a programmable calculator during a test (General Mathematics may be an exception but the calculator must be reset by the examination supervisor prior to the examination)

·        deliberately disturbing other students during a test

·        communicating with other students during a test

·        writing (before or after instructed to) during a test

·        making misleading statements about the word length of an assignment

·        having a mobile phone accessible in an exam room

·        consulting notes or a text or a using a mobile phone while on a toilet break during a test.

·        assisting another student to engage in malpractice

·        gaining advantage by sitting an exam/assessment task after having extra time to prepare.

Consequences

Cases of alleged malpractice will be considered by a committee convened by the Principal.  The Principal’s decision in these matters will be final.  The likely outcome of a case of malpractice would be that the student would be awarded zero for all or part of the task.  It is possible that this could make the student ineligible for an award in that subject and disciplinary action may be taken by the school.

Please Note:

Students are required to successfully complete the ‘All My Own Work’ course modules to be entered into NESA and be eligible for the award of the Higher School Certificate. Malpractice indicates significant misunderstandings in regards to the All My Own Work course content and will require the student to successfully re-complete the All My Own Work program modules. In some cases further disciplinary action may also result. Where there is evidence of a pattern of malpractice by an individual student, disciplinary action will ensue and may lead to an ‘N’ determination for a course, ineligibility for the HSC, withdrawal from NESA or expulsion for students of post compulsory school age.