Overview

• A review into the 2024 VCE exam scandal uncovered systemic mismanagement and governance failures within the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).
• The Victorian government has accepted all eight recommendations from the review, including dismissing the VCAA board and appointing an interim board led by Andrew Smith.
• The scandal involved the inadvertent online publication of exam cover pages containing real questions, which were accessed approximately 6,000 times before the exams.
• New reforms include discontinuing the use of exam cover pages this year and creating backup exams from 2026 to prevent future leaks.
• The review highlighted repeated failures in exam administration since 2022, prompting calls for greater accountability and structural change within the VCAA.