Full extent of Qld Year 12 Ancient History exam mix-up revealed

Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has promised to get to the bottom of how the disaster occurred.

Brisbane State High School was the first school revealed to have been involved in the exam debacle. Picture: Richard Walker

The schools impacted by a major exam mix-up have been revealed with a total of 140 students at the centre of the bungle.

In the latest update to a serious error which saw year 12 ancient history students taught the completely wrong subject for their exams, Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has revealed which schools were affected.

They include Brisbane State High School, Flagstone Community College, Meridan State College, Redcliffe State High School, Yeronga State High School, St Teresa’s Catholic College, West Moreton Anglican College, James Nash State High School, and Kuranda District state College.

John-Paul Langbroek Minister for Education and the Arts, Question Time, Parliament House, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Students at Brisbane State High School were taught Augustus, when the exam is on Julius Caesar.

It’s unknown what topic the other schools incorrectly taught their students.

Mr Langbroek labelled the huge mess up as “extremely traumatic”.

“I can advise that there are about 140 students who are affected across the state in nine schools,” Mr Langbroek said.

“To the best of my knowledge and the best of the QCAA’s knowledge, there are no more than these nine, as I say, affecting 140 students.”

Mr Langbroek said communications had “obviously not been carried out appropriately” and they would investigate the situation further.

“I’m very unhappy about the situation developing as it has, for the stress that it will have caused for everyone,” he said.

Yeronga State High School students were also caught out by the snafu. Picture: AAP image, John Gass

“We we’re going to be having an investigation into how this has occurred and to make sure that the resources given and the planning that’s done at the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority is appropriately guided for the future to make sure we don’t see a repeat of these situations.”

It remains unclear whether the QCAA or the schools were to blame for the mix up.

The ancient history exam was set to take place on Wednesday afternoon.

It is understood students will be given the option to sit the exam or skip it depending on how confident they feel.

If they receive a good result it will be counted towards their final score. If the students do not receive a satisfactory mark or one that meets the standards of their previous assessment, however, it will not count towards their ATAR.

Originally published as Full extent of Qld Year 12 Ancient History exam mix-up revealed