Denmark to allow students use AI in English exams from 2026

Starting in 2026, high school students in Denmark will be permitted to use artificial intelligence tools to prepare for their English oral exams, the country’s education ministry has announced.

The policy, described as experimental, will apply only to the oral component of the high school diploma exam.

Under the arrangement, students will have one hour to prepare their presentations and may use “all available tools, including generative AI,” before facing examiners in person.

Education Minister Mattias Tesfaye said the move was part of pilot schemes aimed at striking a balance between embracing digital learning and safeguarding academic standards.

“With students growing up in both analogue and digital worlds, we need to ready them in the best way possible for the reality they will encounter after their schooling,” he said.

However, authorities stressed that the written English exam would maintain strict limits on digital reliance.

Students will be required to complete part of it by hand, a shift from past practice where they typed responses on internet-connected computers.

Tesfaye argued that handwritten tests “limit cheating and help students to develop their own style of language.”

Denmark has allowed internet use in exams since 2008, but the AI initiative will initially be restricted to schools that volunteer to participate.

AFP

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