There’s a chance Victorian high school students might not be completely free of exam stress come schoolies time, with the premier today announcing that exams will be pushed back to December, and potentially occur in 2021.
Premier Dan Andrews unveiled the unorthodox plan to journalists overnight, assuring students that “we’re not about years 13 or people repeating. We think that we can get this done.”
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“As soon as we can provide more detail to our Year 12 cohort, and indeed, all students and their families, of course, we will.”
Victorian education minister James Merlino then unveiled the ‘plan B’ if the pandemic persists, revealing that it “could include exams in the early part of next year could include deriving the ATAR by looking at the GAT test, school-based assessment, and year 11 work.”
Basically, year 12 students around the state shouldn’t be planning their year 12 formal after-party just yet.
Dan Andrews said he was feeling the pinch himself, with his son Noah in year 12 this year.
“I know [the uncertainty] is very frustrating, including in my own household,” he said.
“I can’t give Noah, who is in Year 12, all the answers he wants, but as soon as we can, we will.
“The key point here is to get this right.”
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It’s unclear what other states are planning to do currently.
However, it’s looking increasingly likely that you might be able to have a peaceful holiday in the Gold Coast come November, for the first time in who knows how long?
If COVID-19 has proved one thing, it’s that there’s more to life than just getting an ATAR.
