"Congratulations to Alexander Dimmock who was placed first in the state studying French Beginners through distance learning," he said. "It is a tremendous achievement to top any subject in the HSC ...

but the proportion of HSC students taking French beginners has remained fairly steady over 10 years at 0.7 per cent in 2017, compared to 0.8 per cent in 2007. At the same time, the proportion of ...