Message from our CEO
Welcome back to the classroom and the start of Term 2. I hope you had an enjoyable break with your family and loved ones.
Senior Secondary Certificate Reform
I’m delighted to have reached a major milestone in the senior secondary certificate reform program with the accreditation and release of the curriculum of the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM), to be introduced in 2023. The Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) will soon be accredited, and the curriculum will be released upon accreditation.
These changes are being implemented in response to the Firth Review of vocational and applied learning. The review found that we need to do more to make vocational and applied learning in schools consistently high quality, relevant to the needs of students and employers, and accessible to all students across our state.
The new pathways aim to provide students with high-quality vocational and applied learning pathways that secure their future, meet the skills needs of the modern economy, and ensure these pathways are celebrated and recognised.
Find out more on the
Senior Secondary Certificate Reform page.
General Achievement Test
The times for the General Achievement Test (GAT), which will be held on Wednesday 7 September, have now been confirmed.
As previously advised, all students enrolled in one or more VCE or scored VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence will be required to sit Sections A and B of the GAT. For the first time this year, Senior VCAL students will also sit Section A, which will measure the literacy and numeracy skills of participants against new standards based on the
Australian Core Skills Framework.
Section A sample questions and tasks are now available on the
Sample 2022 GAT material page.
Section B is similar to
past GAT papers.
For more details, including registration links, refer to
Notice to Schools 49/2022.
VCE Season of Excellence
There are many Season of Excellence exhibitions still running and everyone is invited to go and see the amazing examples of student work on display. Make sure you get in before they close for the year:
Also, don’t miss out on tickets for
Top Acts, which takes place on Friday 20 May at the
Melbourne Recital Centre.
Stephen Gniel
Chief Executive Officer