Queensland’s education minister is absolutely livid after at least nine high schools accidentally taught their Year 12 students the wrong topic for their final ancient history exams.
In a massive blunder, at least 140 students were accidentally taught on the subject of Augustus Caesar, rather than Julius Caesar, ahead of their final exams, which were slated to take place this Wednesday afternoon.
Per The Guardian, students learned about the stressful mix-up hours before the exam was set to begin.
Following the massive mix-up, Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek ordered an investigation into the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA), which assigns topics for Year 12 exams, to prevent such an incident from happening in the future, ABC News reports.
“For all of us, as parents or students, who have been through situations like this, it would be extremely traumatic,” Langbroek said, per the publication.
“I want to reassure these students and their parents and the teachers affected that we’ll be making every investigation into how this happened.
“I’m very unhappy about the situation developing as it has, for the stress it will have caused for everyone.”
The Education Minister acknowledged that there had been “communication issues” at the QCAA, as well as the changes to the board in the last six months.
Which schools were impacted by the ancient history mix-up?
According to ABC News, schools affected by the blunder include:
- Brisbane State High School
- Flagstone State 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
- Kuranda District State College.
What happens now?
Langbroek reassured students that the mix-up would not be “the end of the world”, adding that 75 per cent of the course mark they had been tested for would be “scaled up” so students are not disadvantaged.
The ABC also reports QCAA said all of the schools impacted would submit a “misadventure” application, so special consideration “could be taken into account”.
The publication also confirmed that schools were made aware of external exam topics for history more than two years ago, once in August 2023 and again in April 2024.
Augustus Caesar — the adopted son and heir of Julius — was a topic for the final exam between 2020 and 2024. However, it changed to Julius this year.
Langbroek confirmed that other subjects weren’t impacted by this error as there were no changes to their syllabus.
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