'Closer to the real world': HSC changes to challenge best students

By Alexandra Smith and Marcus Strom
Updated April 6 2017 - 9:53am, first published March 7 2017 - 7:15pm
L-R Fairvale High School, HSC science students, (L-R) Stephanie Ly, James Le, Tipper Chang, and Roxanne Nguyen, in Sydney. 7th March 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett Photo: Janie Barrett
L-R Fairvale High School, HSC science students, (L-R) Stephanie Ly, James Le, Tipper Chang, and Roxanne Nguyen, in Sydney. 7th March 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett Photo: Janie Barrett

The state's brightest HSC science students will be able to study a more challenging extension subject as part of an overhaul of the syllabuses designed to make the final high school exams more rigorous.

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