“The students felt like they wasted several weeks learning the wrong material,” he said.
Unhappy with the school’s response to the error, and complaining about a lack of transparency, communication and efforts to catch-up students, the parent emailed the Metropolitan South region’s director in August.
The department’s Metropolitan South region education services acting director replied in mid-October, encouraging the parent to discuss the concerns further with the school principal.
The parent said he was shocked to find out this week the mistake had happened a second time.
“It is concerning that after this error at Rochedale was reported that there was no attempt to ensure that all other schools were teaching the correct subject,” he said.
“That’s a failure at some level within Education Queensland, surely.”
Brisbane State High and Rochedale State High are both part of the Metropolitan South region.
QCAA acting chief executive officer Claude Jones said schools were notified of the topic for the ancient history external exam more than 12 months in advance.
The education department was contacted for comment.
