Thousands of VCE students could have taken their exams with a hidden advantage over their peers, after some questions were accidentally revealed online in advance.
Authorities are yet to say how many subjects were affected by the major blunder, which gave some students early access to questions.to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority website in a major error that has embarrassed the exam authority and angered the state government.The blunder allowed students to access the material by selecting seemingly blank sections of the so-called cover pages – revealing the presence of “hidden” text.
Cover sheets are intended to indicate the structure, number of questions and length of time to complete the assessment – but not the content.has seen cover sheets for at least 22 subjects that contain invisible text, including psychology, Australian politics, business management and systems engineering.The error also impacted the cover sheet for the English examination – the subject with the highest number of enrolment with more 40,000 students.
He also met with White and said he “asked some hard questions” during their meeting – but did not elaborate.
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