2022/2023 VCCA Study Design Further Maths 1 and 2 Specifications

Victoria Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s (VCCA) Mathematics Study Design 2016–2022 is an ideal document to read.  It gives details to the development of exams and focuses on ‘Further Mathematics Units 3 and 4’).

 Study Design Further Maths

VCCA Study Design Further Maths Exam 1 & 2 Specifications

Here is what VCCA said about this important document:

“Mathematics Study Design 2016–2022 is for the development of the examination. All outcomes in ‘Further Mathematics Units 3 and 4’ will be examined.

All content from the areas of study, and the key knowledge and skills that underpin the outcomes in Units 3 and 4, are examinable.

• Further Maths Exam 1 will cover both Areas of study 1 and 2. The examination is designed to assess students’ knowledge of mathematical concepts, models and techniques, and their ability to reason, interpret and apply this knowledge in a range of contexts.
• VCCA Further Maths Exam 2 will cover both Areas of study 1 and 2. The examination is designed to assess students’ ability to select and apply mathematical facts, concepts, models and techniques to solve extended application problems in a range of contexts.” (VCCA Further Maths Exam Specification, PDF)

More information on this year's VCCA exams 1 and 2 is available via the link, including where to get the 2021 Further Maths Exam 1 solutions.

Further Maths Exam 1 Solution

The link to the 2021 Further Maths Exam 1 solution, including the 2016 VCCA Maths Paper 1 solutions, is given below, you will find the solutions helpful as you revise for the 2023 exams. 

These are complete solutions that you can download onto your device now, do the questions and check the answer. Take a look.

• 2021 Further Maths Exam 1 Solutions PDF
• 2016 Further Maths Exam Solutions PDF

Unified five-point Grade Point Average (GPA) system for all PNG Universities

All universities in the country will implement a unified five-point Grade Point Average (GPA) system this year, an official says.

Chairman of PNG vice-chancellors Professor Musawe Sinebare said the five-point GPA system was designed to be used by all universities, starting with new intakes this year.

The new system is to replace the four-point GPA system when second-year students this year graduate in 2023.

“The Department of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology is aware of the new system,” he said.

The University of Goroka senate last year endorsed the new GPA system for all new students this year to be assessed under.

It is designed to give students with good grades a better chance of securing scholarships, something not possible with the four-point GPA system. The new system was designed by the vice-chancellors and presidents committee to enable students to move between universities.

Grades earned at one university will be recognised in another university.

“Students who accumulate credits from one or more universities can graduate from another university undertaking programmes of studies in a university because of the common credit points,” Sinebare said.

Source: This report appears in the National Newspaper on the 4th of January 2021

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