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Sunday, August 18

Uni entrance should go beyond the ATAR, says SACE review

University entrance will be based on more than just Year 12 students’ grades under a proposed shake-up of South Australia’s tertiary education admission process.

Prominent SA principal to review SACE

The State Government has appointed a leading high school principal to conduct a review of the South Australian Certification of Education, including an assessment of the controversial Research Project subject and Year 12 subject numbers.

Professor John Halsey has called for entrepreneurialism to be taught in rural and regional schools.

"We want to give students the skills to start their own business"

A Year 12 curriculum with a focus on entrepreneurship will be offered under a State Liberal policy unveiled today.

SACE computer glitch tests emotions

A glitch with the SACE Board’s computers has allowed an unknown number of Year 12 students to see the results of others, leading at least some students to get a painfully wrong impression about their performance.