Narrabri High School students were ready to put pen to paper as they lined up to enter the Betty Berriman Hall for their Higher School Certificate exams.

It’s pens up for the shire’s Year 12 students this week with English Paper 1 marking the start of the written exams.

Minister for Education Prue Car said some 124 exams are scheduled over the next three and a half weeks at NSW high schools, with papers written by more than 300 exam developers, concluding with the Food Technology course exam.

“This is a big moment for our senior school students and one they have spent months, even years, preparing for,” she said.

“My message to the HSC Class of 2023 is to trust in your abilities, reflect on all that you have learnt, and enter every exam room with confidence and determination.

The HSC written exams will end on November 3, with students set to receive their results and ATARs on December 14.

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