Curriculum Policy and Major Education Reports
New South Wales – Key Documents – the 1975 Context
Report of the Committee Appointed to Survey Secondary Education in New South Wales (Wyndham Report) – 1957
- Encompasses proposals for a system of general secondary education of four years for all adolescents in comprehensive schools.
- Discusses eight objectives of education including: Health, Mental Skills and Knowledge, Capacity for Critical Thought, Readiness for Group Membership, The Arts of Communication, Vocation, Leisure and Spiritual Values.
- Recommends a 'common core' of the curriculum: English; Social Studies; Science; Mathematics; Art; Crafts; Physical and Health Education; Religious Education.
- Recommends the abolition of entry examinations for high schools.
- Recommends the establishment of the Secondary Schools Board.
- Recommends the introduction of the Higher School Certificate and the School Certificate.
- Recommends the extension of secondary schooling from five to six years, with external examinations at the end of the fourth year (School Certificate) and the sixth year (Higher School Certificate).