Seoul school makes 240 students retake a test after AI detector flags 170

Nov 13, 2026
South Korea's education ministry has also found four schools where students cheated on exams with AI smart glasses.

A high school in Seoul has ordered all of roughly 240 students to retake a Korean writing assessment after an AI-detection program flagged about 170 of them as having used AI, Korea JoongAng Daily reports. More than 10 students admitted using AI, and students who did the work themselves complained that they were being punished too.

A nationwide survey by the Ministry of Education found four middle and high schools where students used AI-equipped smart glasses to cheat on exams; they received zero marks. The ministry plans to tighten oversight of assessments and warn students before the November finals, and more schools are returning to handwritten tests.

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