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Calls for overhaul as Tasmania's year 12 completion rates fall

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The back of a young boy's head, looking toward a teacher at the front of a classroom.
The back of a young boy's head, looking toward a teacher at the front of a classroom.(Unsplash: Taylor Flowe)

Only about half of Tasmania's year 12 cohort are actually completing school, and those figures, already significantly lower than the national average, are getting worse, not better. Experts are calling on the next state government to make changes to ensure Tasmania's attainment rates catch up with the mainland.

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Lisa Denny, workforce demographer
Michael Rowan, emeritus professor, Univesity of South Australia 
Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Educational leadership, University of Melbourne 

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