Australian Baccalaureate
A world class qualification for a world class education.
The Gillard Labor Government will develop a new senior qualification, the Australian Baccalaureate.
The Australian Baccalaureate will be a new voluntary qualification that provides senior students with access to a credential of international standing – similar to national certificates like the British ‘A’ Levels and French Baccalaureate, the German and Finnish Arbitur, and the certificates of Australia’s regional neighbours.
The Australian Baccalaureate will sit alongside existing senior secondary school qualifications as a voluntary credential that will build off the National Curriculum.
The introduction of the Australian Baccalaureate would naturally follow the implementation of the phase one Australian Curriculum subjects in the senior secondary years, expected to follow on from the first substantial cohort of Australian students commencing National Curriculum courses in 2015 or 2016, and would potentially recognise both traditional academic and vocational education and training courses.
Australian Baccalaureate Fact Sheet
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