Certificates and Other Records of Achievement
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What award does the certification body in Tasmania issue to students on successful completion of study in Years 11 and 12?
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What must students do to be awarded these senior secondary school leaving credentials in Tasmania?
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Which document(s) lists the subjects/courses studied in Year 11 and/or Year 12?
What award does the certification body in Tasmania issue to students on successful completion of study in Years 11 and 12?
From 2009 three certificates are available: the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE); the Qualifications Certificate (QC); and the Tasmanian Certificate of Educational Achievement (TCEA). Depending on achievement and personal circumstances a student might get one, two or all three certificates.
Up to 2008, only a Tasmanian Certificate of Education was issued. This certificate was a record of successfully completed courses. The Qualifications Certificate now has this function.
| Tasmanian Certificate of Education (Click on the image to view full screen version): |  |
What must students do to be awarded these senior secondary school leaving credentials in Tasmania?
To get the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) qualification a person must meet or exceed standards for:
- everyday adult reading, writing, communicating (literacy)
- everyday adult mathematics (numeracy)
- everyday adult use of information and communications technology (ICT)
- participation and achievement in senior secondary studies (education and training)
- planning for future career and education pathways.
People can meet these requirements in different ways (including through senior secondary and Vocational Education and Training courses), in different settings (including secondary schools or colleges, the Tasmanian Polytechnic and the Academy, and other education and training providers and the workplace) and over different periods of time.
To get a Qualifications Certificate (QC) at the end of senior secondary studies a person must successfully complete at least one of the following:
To get the Tasmanian Certificate of Educational Achievement (TCEA) a person must show that their personal circumstances mean that the TCE or QC will not give an adequately just and fair description of their educational participation and achievement. The TCEA contains a descriptive, personalised account of educational participation and achievement that is validated by the TQA.
Which document(s) lists the subjects/courses studied in Year 11 and/or Year 12?
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Tasmanian Certificate of Education | Statement of Results | Criterion Profiles | External Ratings Statement |
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What advice is given relating to tertiary selection?
Year 12 students who are eligible for tertiary entrance receive a Tertiary Entrance Statement showing all pre-tertiary subjects satisfactorily undertaken, the score achieved for each subject and their overall tertiary entrance rank.
Who issues this?
Tasmanian Qualifications Authority