THE state government has announced the rescheduling of the General Achievement Test (GAT) for Year 12 students for the third time.
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Minister for Education James Merlino said moving to a new date instead of Thursday would help eliminate the possibility of further spreading COVID-19.
"Victorian students have done an amazing job adapting to another year of disruptions - but we can't risk another outbreak in a school, so we're rescheduling the GAT to keep every school community across Victoria safe," he said.
"Whether it's special consideration for every student in year 12, or extra mental health and tutoring support in schools, we want any student who is struggling to know that we're here to support them all the way."
As Victorians work to run the current outbreak of the Delta variant to ground, a new date will be determined in the coming days to give schools and students certainty that the rescheduled test will be safe to go ahead.
On the rescheduled date, students who are in quarantine as positive coronavirus cases or primary close contacts, as well as schools deemed exposure sites, will receive an exemption from the GAT.
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In a normal year, individual students are assessed for special consideration on a case-by-case basis - but the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority will again use the CED process to finalise VCE results for each and every student completing one or more VCE or scored VCE VET Unit 3-4 sequence in 2021.
Consistent with the approach in 2020, the process considers a range of data alongside exam results to calculate final VCE results - like the GAT, comparisons of performance across all assessments and schools and other learning data.
The process will also include assessments of the individual impact of coronavirus on each student including school closures, direct impacts on student health, ongoing issues with remote learning and mental health challenges.
The Department of Education and Training and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) will support schools in the coming weeks to make appropriate COVID-safe plans to hold the GAT.
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