Chungbuk Office of Education, deploys 35 supervisors dedicated to CSAT ‘smart glasses’

The Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education announced on the 9th that it will place one dedicated supervisor at each of 35 test centers to prevent cheating using smart glasses during the 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test to be held on the 19th of this month.

Chae Sook-hee, Director of Education at the Provincial Office of Education, said in the press room of the Office of Education this morning, “This year, we will crack down on smart glasses-related cheating more strongly and intensively than any other cheating.”

The Office of Education designated 35 dispatched supervisors who are sent to testing centers every year as personnel dedicated to identifying smart glasses. Dispatched supervisors will receive related training on the 10th of this month.

The determination is made step by step.

The test room supervisor makes the decision first, and if the decision is difficult, the supervisor requests assistance from the dispatched supervisor.

If no conclusion is reached at the test site, consult with the situation room of the Office of Education, and if it is still difficult, communicate with the situation room of the Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation to make a decision.

Confirmation is not performed during the test.

The proctor focuses on those wearing glasses before the test, and if there is any questionable examinee during the test, he or she watches and checks by asking the test taker to take off their glasses after the test.

It was explained that this procedure is to ensure that students can take the test intact in case they do not have smart glasses.

Portable metal detectors placed at each test site are not used to identify smart glasses.

The metal detector is used to check whether test takers have electronic devices, such as cell phones, on their person when using the restroom.

Kim Yong-baek, head of the career advancement team at the Office of Education, said, “We have a communication system between the provincial Office of Education and the Ministry of Education, but we believe it may take some time.”

This year, 13,693 students in North Chungcheong Province, a decrease of 1.4% (197 students) from last year, will take the CSAT at 35 test centers in 5 test districts.