HSC results: Pass rate hits 22-year low, what caused the sharp decline?

This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results have continued the downward trend seen last year. A review of results over the past 22 years shows that the pass rate in this year’s HSC examinations under the nine general education boards is the lowest on record.Only 51.62 per cent of candidates passed. Last year, the rate was 57.12 per cent. This means the pass rate fell by a…