The Board of Studies has decided to implement a Register of Malpractice in HSC Assessment Tasks. Implementation will begin in Term 4 with the 2014 HSC cohort.

The Register – and further information – is available on Schools Online.

The decision to create this new measure was initiated by an Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation, which required the Board to develop a new register for incidents of malpractice by students undertaking HSC school assessment tasks.

The Register is similar to the existing report on malpractice in HSC examinations and will help inform strategies for schools, school sectors and the Board on how malpractice can be prevented or addressed.

The Register will apply to 2014 HSC students and will collect information on courses where malpractice has occurred, types of offence and the nature of any penalties applied. The Board will publish annually aggregated data in a similar way to the programs which, identify breaches of examination rules, applications for disability provisions and illness/misadventure appeals.

Individual schools will not be identified.

Guidelines and explanatory notes are located on Schools Online under Downloads/Memos and Documents. The register is located under Data Collection.

For further information:
Contact your regional Board of Studies Liaison Officer (BOSLO)