'Extremely traumatic': Minister vows investigation after hundreds of Queensland students taught wrong syllabus ahead of final exam

Queensland's education minister has vowed to get to the bottom of a massive exam bungle that means hundreds of students are sitting an exam this afternoon on a topic they haven't learnt about.

Nine high schools across the state found out they had taught year 12 ancient history students about Roman emperor Augustus Caesar instead of Julius Caesar.

The error, which was only uncovered a day before the final exams, means 140 students will sit an exam on a topic they have not studied.

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There were also rumours of scam emails targeting other schools relating to other subjects, however 9News understands the current debacle relates only to ancient history.

Brisbane State High School first raised the alarm yesterday, and eight more schools have now been revealed to be caught up in the bungle.

These include 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.

Speaking to media today, Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek insisted a full investigation would occur into the massive failure, and acknowledged it would have been an "extremely traumatic" experience for students.

"I want to reassure those students and their parents and the teachers affected that we'll be making every investigation into how this happened. Of course, I'm very unhappy," he said.

"That would have been absolutely devastating for the amount of effort they put in [during] grade 12. I feel it's a terrible mistake for the school to make."

Have you or someone you know been impacted by this? Contact reporter Patrick Brischetto on patrick.brischetto@nine.com.au

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In previous years students were educated on Augustus, but the curriculum changed this year.

Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, which is responsible for the curriculum and external testing, said schools were told of the change more than a year in advance through "memos, syllabus resources, e-newsletters and at webinars and face-to-face workshops for heads of department and subject teachers".

Despite the error, the impacted students will still have to sit the exam today, though there could be some adjustments made in the final grading, according to the minister.

He said students' marks for parts of the course they have already completed would be scaled up, and ensured students would have all of the work they have done in the subject considered in their final grading.

Langbroek admitted it was nowhere near an ideal situation for the students.

"But I can't see how anyone would be expected to do an exam, having had two days' preparation," he admitted.

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