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Some students and Catholic schools complained to the Board of Studies. But the board's president, Tom Alegounarias, was unrepentant, saying students had to think on their feet in the exam room.
''The HSC is not a memorising test,'' he said. ''The HSC is about applying knowledge.''
He said exam preparation had become increasingly narrow, which ''may be a danger when students don't get the question they expect''.
In the studies of religion paper, students had expected section three to follow the same formula as previous years. And in the English paper, students were asked to refer to one additional text instead of two, as was the case last year.
St Ignatius' College student Adam Smallhorn, 18, said the English paper appeared to ''nut out the students who prepare their answers in advance and vomit them out in the exam''.
''The Board of Studies should have put out a memo about the studies of religion paper to say it would be more encompassing,'' he said. ''I'm glad they did it, though. The brighter students can think on their feet and adapt.
''I think it is abhorrent for kids to go to coaching colleges and not read the texts and vomit out essays without having to think.''
Thursday's studies of religion exam was delayed by 10 minutes at Abbotsleigh School for Girls in Wahroonga while exam supervisors called the Board of Studies after students raised concerns.
This year's questions made no reference to previously familiar concepts such as ethical codes and practices and significant people associated with different religions.
Mr Alegounarias said the board took all complaints seriously but defended its right to deviate from previous exam formats.
''If there is a systematic problem that goes to the syllabus that is [a valid complaint],'' he said.
''But I have been given every assurance that isn't the case. The structure of the question was not what students expected.''
Abbotsleigh headmistress Judith Poole said the question was worded differently to exams in the previous two years. ''Examiners tried something a little different,'' she said. ''Question three was tricky.''
St Ignatius' College headmaster Shane Hogan said: ''Like a number of other Catholic schools, we are extremely disappointed with the studies of religion papers. The questions were worded in such a way that students were not able to express their full knowledge on topics. If the examiners are going to change their emphasis, teachers should be made aware.''
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