NESA, NSW Government slammed over HSC blunder

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published January 23, 2019

Tens of thousands of graduating New South Wales students will have their HSC certificates reissued after the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) mistakenly sent them out with the wrong year date.

State Education Minister Rob Stokes said that NESA would not receive additional funding to correct the mistake.

"I understand it ...

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