"Consistent with the approach in 2020, the process considers a range of data alongside exam results to calculate final VCE results - like the GAT, comparisons of performance across all assessments and schools and other learning data," the statement continued. ( ABC News: Peter Healy)Įvery student completing VCE Unit 3-4 sequences will have the pandemic's impact on them assessed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, the government said. Students who are in quarantine as positive cases, primary close contacts, and members of schools deemed exposure sites will be exempt from taking the rescheduled test.Ĭhrist the Priest Primary School is one of the schools directly affected by the Delta outbreak. "With ongoing community transmission still occurring in metropolitan Melbourne, the Department of Health's public health team has recommended the GAT be rescheduled, reducing the risk of a further outbreak with large cohorts of students taking the test together," the government said in a statement. The test, which is used to help provide an additional marker of a VCE student's general academic performance, was due to be held on Thursday. The outbreak has forced the state government to reschedule the General Achievement Test (GAT) for senior VCE students. Year 12 GAT rescheduled in light of Delta outbreak Mr Andrews said more hubs would begin to offer AstraZeneca to the younger cohort in coming weeks as informed consent processes were established. The government has made efforts to ramp up vaccinations this week, with nine mass vaccination hubs now offering AstraZeneca to those aged 18-39. There are now more than 240 exposure sites listed in Victoria, including several more stores at CS Square shopping centre in Caroline Springs. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has urged anyone with the slightest symptoms to get tested and quarantine immediately, highlighting the support payments on offer for casual workers. However, her group has been able to bridge the gap, also providing emotional support and information about the COVID situation.Īuthorities are concerned there are a number of undetected positive cases in Melbourne's north-west, after repeated detections of virus fragments in the wastewater catchment across suburbs including Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. "We're delivering meat, fresh milk, rice, tea and sugar, flour, dates and ginger."īecause of language barriers or a lack of computer literacy, Ms Farah said some had struggled to order their groceries online. "Usually in our community, they don't eat canned or long-life ," Ms Farah said. This week, volunteers from the foundation have been packing the boxes in a warehouse in Melbourne's west, before delivering the items in their cars. The foundation has been coordinating deliveries of food boxes to families, some of whom have up to 10 people quarantining in the same home.
Her phone has been ringing hot in recent days, with many of her community members forced into two weeks' quarantine because of the outbreak at Al-Taqwa College. ( ABC News: Kristian Silva)įartun Farah, the chairperson of the East African Women's Foundation, says being in quarantine has been very difficult, especially for those with many children, but they are doing the right thing.
The East African Women’s Foundation has been delivering food to families in quarantine.
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