Almost half of all Victorian year 12 exams affected by 'major' error

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Almost half of all year 12 exams in Victoria were affected by a blunder that allowed students to view questions before sitting the test, leading the head of the exam authority to quit. Victoria's education minister Ben Carroll expressed his fury at the state's exams blunder as some 56 of the state's 116 VCE exams were affected by the error.

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00:00First and foremost, I apologise to all students impacted by the inadvertent publication of

00:07examination material on the exam cover sheets.

00:11The last thing our year 12 students will need is additional stress and uncertainty from

00:17the administration of examinations.

00:19Today, we're taking action and taking the right steps to ensure that no student is disadvantaged

00:26in the market of the 2024 examinations.

00:29I am deeply upset and angry about how reassurances were provided and this led us to where we

00:38are today.

00:39A group range review, a panel of experts and an independent mindset for next year's exams.

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