Unscored VCE: PV media comment

An article in yesterday’s Age examines the trend of more VCE students choosing to do an unscored VCE. According to the article:

VCE exam season gets underway on Monday, but if the trend of recent years is anything to go by, more students will have chosen to do an unscored VCE and not sit exams or get an ATAR score, as alternative ways to enter university open up and young people re-evaluate their goals after the pandemic.

Parents Victoria CEO Gail McHardy is quoted in the article:

Gail McHardy, chief executive of Parents Victoria, said the attitudes and aspirations of young people were changing.

“At the end of each year 12 … students hear the saying ‘an ATAR score does not define you’ and many young people are prioritising their mental health and wellbeing,” she said.

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