All Victorian Year 12 students will be offered a COVID-19 vaccination prior to sitting their exams.
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino announced that as part of the expanded eligibility for vaccination a priority was to make sure that all final year students had received their vaccination before they start sitting their exams on October 4.
Mr Merlino said educational disadvantage due to the pandemic would be taken into account for the assessments of every VCE student.
“The impact of the pandemic will be taken into account for them as individual students, it worked last year, and it will work again so all of those things give confidence to our Year 12 students as they look towards their final exams and life beyond school.” he said.