Watchdog to exam chiefs: Tackle these tech cheats

THE exams watchdog says boards must do more to prevent pupils using technology to cheat.

- BY JASMINE NORDEN

Ofqual is concerned at candidates bringing mobile phones into exams, or using AI to cheat in coursework.

Chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham has asked exam boards AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC to set out how they will prevent these forms of cheating, and how they will respond where they are detected.