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A 5-year-old boy has been shot in Sydney's south-west.

Student stabbed in eye at Sydney high school

A student is in hospital, another has been suspended and a police investigation is under way after a teenager was allegedly stabbed in the eye with a pen at a high school in Sydney's north.

Girls are better at literacy and reading from the age of four but boys aren't any better at maths until they turn eight.

Why only some boys are better at maths

Girls are better at literacy from the age of 4 but boys aren't any better at maths until the age of 8, according to a new study of NAPLAN data that has major implications for parents and teachers.

The new HSC maths syllabuses will be delayed for a year.

Revamped HSC maths syllabuses to be delayed

Students will not be taught the new advanced HSC maths courses until 2019, after teachers and academics were highly critical of the draft syllabuses and warned they should be delayed rather than rushed in.

Private school students were nearly 24 per cent more likely to go to university than government school students in 2016.

The high school students most likely to go to university

Girls who finished year 12 at a private school are most likely to go to university, as the gap between independent, Catholic and government school students who go on to higher education widens to its highest level in recent years.

Students who do not receive their HSC in NSW could still go on to university.

Unis will take students who do not meet new HSC standard

Year 12 students who fail to meet the state government's new literacy and numeracy standard and do not receive their HSC will still be able to get an ATAR and go to university, the body responsible for admissions has confirmed.