New Citizenship Test Launched
Published by Nora Lamont on Tuesday 20th of October, 2009
New Citizenship Test Launched Monday 19 October
The Australian government has instituted a new citizenship test.
The new test includes questions on Australia’s democratic beliefs, laws and government as well as the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.
The test includes 20 multiple-choice questions and will be conducted in English only. All test questions are from the test section of the revised citizenship test resource book, Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond.
The new test was developed after an independent review of the old citizenship test last year found that it could be improved by focusing on the pledge of commitment.
People will now need to answer 75 % correct or 15 of the 20 questions correctly to pass – up from 60 per cent under the old test. The mandatory questions have been removed. A person can no longer answer 19 out of 20 questions correctly and still fail the test because they answered one of the three mandatory questions incorrectly.
A citizenship course is also under development to help disadvantaged people, who are likely to struggle when preparing for and sitting a formal computer-based test.
