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Melbourne teens behind award-winning Covid tracking site pick up another accolade – their Atars

After winning plaudits for their website CovidbaseAU, Jack Graffeo, Wesley Mu and Darcy Hersbach are among the state’s top students in this year’s VCEs

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Only eight girls among 41 students who received highest VCE rank in 2024

But female students performed slightly higher than average than males overall

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Afternoon Update: police officer guilty of nursing home manslaughter; Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins; and a meth-soaked cow onesie

A jury found Sen Const Kristian White guilty of manslaughter after he discharged his Taser at great-grandmother Clare Nowland

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Full list of 56 year 12 exams affected by ‘cheat sheets’ leak released by Victorian government

Compulsory English subjects among those to have materials inadvertently released before students sat VCE exams

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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

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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.

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‘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

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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.

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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.

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Education review released – as it happened

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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

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Victorian government ‘disappointed’ after group of VCE students given wrong exam

Minister Ben Carroll says six advanced Chinese language students received the wrong exam papers

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Third error detected in VCE maths exams as experts criticise ‘cringe-worthy’ mistakes

Mistake on specialist maths exam leads to confusion among students as VCAA apologises for causing ‘undue stress’

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Year 12s Are Fumin’ Over This Year’s HSC English Exam & I Reckon I’d Straight Up Flunk It Too

Year 12 HSC and VCE exam season has begun and this year's crop are truly hating it. Let's chat about it and try to repress the memories.

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Machine learning: could ChatGPT become just another tool for Australia’s year 12 – like Wikipedia?

An International Baccalaureate student says she and her peers find the AI platform helpful for brainstorming – but that doesn’t mean safeguards aren’t needed

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Learning face-to-face with actual scientists, students can now plot their own career path in science

A pilot program that connects students with scientists, based in a small town at the cutting edge of the search for dark matter, is now a fully-fledged program across parts of western Victoria.

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Single mum sells her car to afford back-to-school essentials as living costs spiral

Sydney mum Corryn Harding sold her car and gave her children school bags for Christmas. The Smith Family says it's part of a bigger picture affecting families across Australia.

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Chinese language school seeks to cancel Fair Work Ombudsman compliance notice over 'erroneous' award classification

One of Victoria's biggest Chinese community language schools is disputing allegations the school failed to correctly pay the wages and entitlements of 12 employees.

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Dear year 12: if you’re going to start a career at the end of the world, you may as well follow your dreams

Every year well-meaning adults tell school students their results don’t matter. I’m taking the longer view …

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Chinese language teachers underpayment allegations expose 'grey area' in Victorian education system

A group of Chinese language teachers allege they are owed unpaid wages and entitlements for work over decades due to a "grey area" of Victoria's education system.

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‘You can’t help but help’: year 12 students forgo VCE study to fortify Echuca’s town hall against floods

Daniel Andrews says Victoria’s education authorities will make derived exam scores available for students affected by flooding

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Special consideration, derived ATAR scores for VCE students affected by flooding

Regional VCE students fear they will start next week's exams already at a disadvantage, with floods displacing families and causing significant disruption to study.

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Children in out-of-home care are less likely to finish school. Victoria is launching an inquiry to understand why

Children have reported schools making them feel as if they were too much trouble, and of stigma and bullying

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