Parents like Rav Singh are annoyed that his son Veyaan,who sat the test on Thursday,doesn’t know where he stands.
The son of Sri Lankan immigrants,Shaun Christie-David is a former banker and now an award-winning social entrepreneur.
A spot in a Sydney selective school is a Willy Wonka-level golden ticket. And like purchasing thousands of chocolate bars,too many parents are paying too much to improve their child’s chances of securing a place.
As Sydney’s population grows,some of its very best schools are not growing with it.
Up to 95 per cent of students at some of the state’s best selective schools are being privately coached,getting a jump on their peers.
HSC results provide interesting insights into the way our education system works.
The inside story about how a school,so often the next-best,took on the most successful selective school in Australia’s history,and won.
For students in some parts of Sydney it is “the moment that practically decides their lives”,but in other areas of the city,hardly any children apply for selective school.
A bit of a Barry at the theatre.
“There is a culture that has developed around selective schools;they are the ultimate prize for many families,” says one education expert.
The YouTube sensation and Ultimate Classroom presenter admits he was a “real latecomer to mathematics. I was always slow,always behind the eight ball.”