Around 76,000 of NSW’s senior school students received their personalised timetable for the 2021 written HSC exams last week (29 April).
Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell said the release of the HSC timetables marked the final leg of the school journey for Year 12 students, with exams to begin on 12 October.
“The HSC is the culmination of years of schooling and receiving your timetable makes it all the more real for students,” Ms Mitchell said.
“Students are already working hard in their final year, and I wish them all the best during an exciting time,” she said.
Ms Mitchell said the HSC exams were a logistical behemoth, which ran across 18 days, involved around 76,000 students, 129 exams and more than 775 exam centres.
Chief Executive of the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), Paul Martin said planning for the HSC exams was a necessarily rigorous process.
“The timetable is designed to provide a schedule which is as fair and equitable as possible to ensure all students get the opportunity to do their best in their written exams,” Mr Martin said.
“Last year showed that plans can change in an instant and we always want to make sure students, schools and exam supervisors feel prepared for anything, so they can focus on exams,” he said.
Mr Martin said NESA followed rigorous procedures in the development of the timetable including that it provide sufficient breaks between exams for popular courses and for frequently combined courses; enable all exams to be marked and for students to receive their results from 6am on 10 December; and minimise the number of students with two exams scheduled at the same time.
He said all 2021 HSC students could now access their timetable on Students Online.
The full 2021 HSC written exam timetable can be accessed on NESA’s website at this PS News link.
