Australian Certificate of Education
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The Australian Certificate of Education (ACE) is the name of a proposed national senior secondary school certificate to replace the existing state and territory certificates. The scheme was considered by the Australian state and territory education ministers within the Australian Qualifications Framework.
In June 2005, the Australian Government commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), led by Professor Geoff Masters, to investigate and report on models for an Australian Certificate of Education. The report was published in May 2006.[1]
The report proposed the creation, in stages, of a national Australian Certificate of Education to replace the current state and territory certificates. It also proposed that the certificate be awarded by state and territory authorities (the ACACA agencies), based on nationally consistent standards set by a national standards body.
Controversially, the acronym "ACE" is already used for two other educational purposes in Australia - Adult and Community Education and Advanced Christian Education.
[edit] ACE Certificates
The current senior secondary school certificates are:
- NSW - Higher School Certificate (HSC)
- VIC - Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL)
- QLD - Senior Certificate
- SA - South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)
- WA - Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)
- TAS - Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE)
- ACT - Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate
- NT - Northern Territory Certificate of Education (NTCE)
