Talk:School Certificate (New South Wales)

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The SC is being discontinued...anyone want to update?--60.241.229.55 10:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Rubbish! The School Certificate is not being discontinued. WWGB 11:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Ahahaha ignorance once again. You fool. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/School-certificate-to-be-scrapped/2007/01/10/1168105015210.html , http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21035195-5001021,00.html . Now, I believe it is your ill informed opinion that resembles rubbish. --60.241.229.55 10:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your illuminating comment, anonymous editor. I can see that you subscribe to the philosophy that "if-it-is-in-the-newspaper-then-it-must-be-correct". Such gullibility ...

"The NSW Government is committed to retaining the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate which are highly regarded exit credentials" https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/newsroom/yr2007/jan/ontrack.htm WWGB 11:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

It's only a proposal. Nothing has actually been done and it seems that until Kevin Rudd wins and implements his national curriculum that nothing will really happen. ajdlinux 10:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Education is a constitutional responsibility of state governments. Neither John Howard nor Kevin Rudd has the power to change this. WWGB 12:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but the constitution gives the states the power to refer matters to the Commonwealth, and federal leaders can persuade state leaders to hand power over. Or, of course, they can just persuade the states to all pass similar legislation. ajdlinux 06:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Abolition?

Okay, I hear rumours of the SC's abolition at least once a year, sometimes twice. So I have attempted to be definitive by adding a section on the McGaw report and the BOS's response thereto. No abolition is coming, and until the BOS says otherwise, how about we leave it that way? :) Johno (talk) 06:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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Requested move 30 May 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. Will create a disambiguation page at the base title. Anarchyte (talk) 03:39, 14 June 2023 (UTC) Anarchyte (talk) 03:39, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

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School Certificate → School Certificate (New South Wales) – Not the primary topic; the base title should redirect to List of secondary school leaving qualifications. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} (please mention me on reply) 16:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

• Support WP:ASTONISH In ictu oculi (talk) 08:40, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
• Support. Obviously. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:09, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
• Lean oppose Support only if replaced by dab page. The article still seems to get morepageviews(new) than the others, and article traffic statistics doesn't show that a majority of users would be astonished to be directed here. If moved, would probably prefer a dab page over being redirected to the list. Also would note that the proposed list doesn't include links to either the Australian, New Zealand or Mauritian articles, as a school certificate doesn't necessarily refer to leaving qualifications. Happily888 (talk) 15:13, 3 June 2023 (UTC); edited 03:20, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

  @Happily888: You've quoted views for the School Certificate (UK) redirect not the School Certificate (United Kingdom) article, the "United Kingdom" article has more views, see below. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:35, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Per Happily888's comments. CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} (please mention me on reply) 16:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

• Support. Very astonished. Walrasiad (talk) 20:11, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
  • Redirecting this to a list would cause even more astonishment, though. The New South Wales qualification is clearly the primary topic, at least of the articles named "School Certificate" – it was in use for the longest (from the 1910s to 2011), compared to the United Kingdom (1918 to 1951) and New Zealand qualifications (1940s to 2002). Whilst a few users might be astonished, article traffic statistics shows most users aren't, so it would be better to add the list or a dab page to the hatnote, instead of moving it. Happily888 (talk) 02:12, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Definitely redirect to the list. It is a generic term. We (in Africa) call ours "school certificate", as does much of the English-speaking Commonwealth. NSW has no primacy. Walrasiad (talk) 14:38, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 06:07, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
• Support the NSW one gets 297 views but the UK one has 912, the NZ one has 228 and the Mauritius one has 113[[1]]. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:35, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.