What to do if you are sick or have an emergency on the day of your exam:
What to do if you are sick or have an emergency on the day of your exam:
If you are sick and cannot attend an exam, only the official TASC Senior Secondary External Assessment Medical Certificate will be accepted as evidence. The form requires you to have a medical consultation to provide specific evidence of your illness. TASC will use this evidence to decide if you qualify for derived exam results.
A medical practitioner (registered GP, paediatrician or a hospital doctor) must complete the medical certificate. They provide a specific medical diagnosis of your illness and an assessment of whether you are fit to sit an exam due to a condition that is newly diagnosed/temporary or deterioration in an ongoing condition. Other health professionals (such as pharmacists, nurses and psychologists) cannot provide the same level of medical diagnosis of an illness. A medical certificate that simply states you were unfit for work/study is not acceptable.
The medical consultation must be:
Your GP is to submit the form directly to TASC within three (3) days of your appointment. You will be advised by TASC by email if your medical certificate has been accepted and you will receive derived results.
If you are sick for any reason (including COVID-19):
This checklist is to help you include all the information needed to assess if an emergency special arrangement should apply and make a decision about deriving your exam results.
If the reason you cannot attend an exam is that you are sick, complete the TASC Senior Secondary External Assessment Medical Certificate.
To apply for an emergency special arrangement your email to the Deputy Director, TASC at deputydirector@tasc.tas.gov.au needs to include:
Your details
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Details of exam/s you are applying for derived exam rating/s for
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Description of circumstances
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Supporting evidence
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Required supporting evidence will vary based on the specific circumstances of the application. Please refer to the suggested forms of evidence below for general guidance.
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Remember:
Derived exam ratings will be applied to determine your results, if it is accepted that you are sick or experience an emergency and can’t attend your exam (either in whole or in part).
Derived exam ratings are designed to ensure you receive a fair and equitable course result based on your internal assessments during the year and the external assessment performance of other students in your course who have performed at a similar level in their internal assessments.
For more information about derived exam ratings, see the information sheet on Student Results using Derived Exam Ratings.