It’ll be “back to basics” for students in NSW, with a major overhaul to Higher School Certificate being unveiled today.
English will now include a greater focus on grammar and writing, with Shakespeare and Dickens back on the reading list.
Changes have also been made to science, maths, and history.
All Year 11 and 12 students will be taught the new syllabus from next year.
It’s hoped the changes will better prepare students for life after school.
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I got excited when I read ‘back to basics’…then I read the article. Please tell me how having to learn Dickens and Shakespeare is going to help prepare students for life?? I was thinking they were going to introduce some more valid life teaching, such as taxes, budgets etc etc.