JESSICA Kong is used to being the youngest in her class. The 13-year-old student at Our Lady of Sion College in Box Hill skipped four grades in Hong Kong before coming to Australia to do her VCE.

VCE maths students will no longer be able to use calculator programs to quickly solve complex exam equations from next year but there are calls for an immediate ban to stop the ‘cheating’. The ...

Australia's engineering skills gap and labor shortage is the highest it's been for more than a decade. New Swinburne research could explain why. With the number of students selecting higher-level math ...

Science and engineering leaders are raising the alarm over secondary school students’ declining interest in advanced maths, warning of a widening skills gap that already costs the economy billions.

The decision by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), first revealed by the Herald Sun on Tuesday, has prompted calls for an immediate ban in time for this year’s exams. “VCAA need ...