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Victoria’s curriculum authority board sacked after VCE exam bungle

Education minister Ben Carroll says VCAA overhaul will aim to give families, students and schools full confidence in exams

The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2025

Exam overhaul after bungle blamed on junior staffer

A junior staffer has been blamed for a blunder in one state's year 12 exams, with the mistake triggering the sacking of an exam board.

AAP · Apr 15, 2025

Women have finally achieved parity on VCE English reading lists, but there are fewer classics

What makes something worthy of study and inclusion on a school’s text list? Is it right to remove or add a literary work based on the attributes of the person who wrote it?

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025

VCE exams boss Kylie White resigns after more than 56 tests affected by Victorian ‘cheat sheet’ bungle

Education minister refuses to rule out taking marks off students found to have used hidden text in exam guides in their answers

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2024

Final exams blunder prompts government review

The education minister says Victoria's students "deserve better" after reports emerged that those sitting VCE exams could find hidden questions in sample tests.

AAP · Nov 14, 2024

‘Not acceptable’: accidental inclusion of year 12 exam content in VCE guides criticised by government

VCAA says material ‘inadvertently included’ after it emerged students found hidden text on seemingly blank pages

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2024

Victorian exams fine-tuned but won't be 'foolproof'

A panel of experts has made recommendations to the Victorian government to weed out repeated year 12 exam errors following a series of blunders.

AAP · Mar 20, 2024

Paid training expanded to all Victorian public students

Victoria is expanding its paid apprenticeship and traineeship program to all public high school students eager to enter the workforce while studying.

AAP · Feb 12, 2024

Education review released – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2023

An urgent overhaul of VCE exams is needed after multiple errors, experts say. But how did this happen?

One mathematician blames a shift in recent decades away from top professors and subject experts being responsible for exam papers

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023