Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon the School Certificate (McGowan Report)
- Type of Work
- Report
- Imprint
- Government Printer, Sydney, 1981
- Subject
- New South Wales; Secondary School Curriculum Policy; Curriculum Policies and Major Education Reports
- Description
- Discusses problems with the School Certificate and recommends its abolition and replacement with a new credential of greater value.
- Recommends that the new credential be called the Certificate of Secondary Education.
- Recommends that all secondary school courses should be offered on a semester basis.
- Recommends the abolition of zoning.
- Endorses ability-grouping of students.