Australian Students Devastated to Spend Final High School Moments in Their Bedrooms Thanks to Lockdowns

Year 12 students studying for HSC exams at home in their residence in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 27, 2021. AAP Image/James Ross

Year 12 students in New South Wales (NSW) will spend their last weeks of high school at home due to harsh lockdown restrictions, with those in Greater Sydney enduring eight weeks and counting, of stay-at-home orders.

The NSW Department of Education announced on Aug. 27 that HSC exams scheduled to begin on Oct. 12 would be pushed back to November.