Victorian year 12 results

17 December 2012

More than 49,000 students have graduated with their Victorian Certificate of Education and over 11,000 students completed their Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning  (VCAL) in 2012.  Eligible VCE students will also get their Australian Tertiary  Admission Rank (ATAR).

Education minister Martin Dixon congratulated students and their families but also pointed out that, while excelling at VCE is a terrific achievement, great results are not the only measure of success.  He urged students who did not get the results they had hoped for to seek advice and support through their schools, at home  or by calling the Post Results and ATAR Service (PRAS P on 03 9651 4640 or 1800 653 080 from 7.00am to 5.00pm on Monday 17  December and from 9.00am to 5.00pm on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19  December).

Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall said there are many career pathways available to students.

University is only one study option available to students – there are a myriad of career and course choices from TAFE and apprenticeships, to  traineeships or entering the workforce.

He referred students to the new Victorian Skills Gateway website as a “fantastic tool to help  research and assess your career and further study options quickly and  easily…”

 Fast facts for 2012:

•  82,465 students sat VCE examinations in 2012 in 495 examination centres state-wide.
• 2,500 assessors were employed by the VCAA to mark written exams.
• 49,686 students completed their VCE, a completion rate of 97.3%.
• 26,476 females completed the VCE, a success rate of 97.6%.
• 23,210 males completed the VCE, a success rate of 97.0%.
• 11,446 students completed the VCAL
• There were 22,888 study scores of 40 or more awarded.
• 14,583 students recorded at least one study score of 40 or more.
• 642 students had at least one study score of 50 (a total of 705 were awarded).
• A total of 258,892 study scores were issued.
• A total of 106 VCE subjects with a written exam were held between 1November and 22 November 2012.
• Nine Victorian students sat examinations interstate and 462 non-Victorian students sat examinations in China, the United Arab Emirates  and Vanuatu.