Ofqual’s chief regulator has said she would make students do coursework under exam conditions if she was a school leader, amid fears ChatGPT could be used to cheat.
Dr Jo Saxton, the regulator’s boss, told the ASCL school leaders’ conference that the advanced AI chatbot “reinforces the importance” of exams that “have stood the test of time so well”.
She said if she was running a centre now “I wouldn’t be asking for the pieces of coursework or the essays that contribute to the grade to be done at home or in school holidays. I’d be doing them in invigilated conditions in my centre”.
“I think oddly, that innovation means the examined approach is more important than ever because you’ve got that integrity of whose work it is.”
