Talk:Education in Tasmania/Archive 1

Need for international vocabulary
The term "K-12" means nothing to most of the world's population ( including me in France for example). Please giv ethe age of children involved, that is clear for everyone. Thank you! Johncmullen1960 02:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Can someone explain this to me?

9-12 USED to be called "high school" in Tasmania just as in the US, but some time ago (and I cant seem to find when) they changed the terminology, so high school is 8-10, and 11-12 is "Senior secondary college''.

Does one GRADUATE from High school at grade 10? Is "college" an optional, with a vocational track available? What sort of curriculems do the "colleges" have?

I really feel this needs to be spelled out and a search last night was fruitless. I can't find a description, a discussion of the changed, etc etc... help! Rick Boatright 14:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Colleges are simply an optional two years after high school. It's been this way for years, so I have no idea if or when a change occurred. I removed this information from the Hobart page as there are obviously more suitable places for it, here, for instance. Also, in Tasmania years 11-12 are properly called "matriculation college". "Senior secondary college" is used sometimes, but I think it's more a mainland thing. Feldmarschall 08:45, 25 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Colleges in Tasmania have't been called 'matriculation colleges' (or 'matric') in years - they're senior secondary colleges, but just called colleges. Also - college isn't going to be optional for much longer. Primary schools are K-6, high schools are 7-10 (not 8-10), colleges are 11-12 (and 13).  Its been like that for as long as I've been alive (so at least for 26 years - so if high school ever was 9-12 it would have been a very long time ago - probably in the 60s).  You graduate from high school at the end of grade 10, but you don't get anything for it as such - if you complete grade 11 and 12 you get a TCE (Tasmanian Certificate of Education) - could can get it after grade 10 if you decide to leave school then, but its not particularly useful. Most people do 11 and 12 even though its not compulsory (yet). You can do VET (vocational) courses at college.  Other than that colleges teach a wide varity of subjects (http://www.tqa.tas.gov.au is a good site to see what) some can be used to get into university - some not. 211.27.69.28 15:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

3 Tiers
Not quite accurate. The Northern Territory has Primar, Middle and High School. There are some schools that are only Years 11 and 12, so you could probably say that NT is partially four tier, but mostly three. Also - Queensland is in the process of moving to a three tier system with Primary, Middle and High School and already has one school in Brisbane that is solely 5 - 8. Also, other states have schools that operate as three tiers within the one school. I.e. Three vice-principals in charge of K - 4, 5 - 8 & 9 - 12 under the authority of a single Principal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.69.70.151 (talk) 02:57, 4 March 2018 (UTC)