'No year 13': Australian year 12 students to graduate in 2020 despite coronavirus disruption
by Paul Karp from on (#51TBX)
Federal and state education ministers rule out a mass repeating, with every student to receive an Atar
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All Australian year 12 students will graduate in 2020 despite the interruption of Covid-19, after education ministers ruled out a "year 13" to complete their studies in 2021.
The federal education minister, Dan Tehan, told reporters in Melbourne that the Coag education council had unanimously agreed "there will be no year 13, there will be no mass repeating".
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