Busan to deploy smart-glasses inspectors at all 64 CSAT venues

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will assign a dedicated inspector to each of the city's 64 college entrance exam venues on Nov. 19 to prevent cheating using AI-enabled smart glasses during the 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test.

The move follows the Ministry of Education's Oct. 30 guidelines on smart-glasses countermeasures for the 2027 CSAT, which require one dedicated inspector per venue to identify such devices.

To ease the burden on regular exam supervisors and school staff while building a more specialized response system, the office designated its dispatched supervisors — drawn from among education officials and research officers — to concurrently serve as the smart-glasses inspectors. When a regular supervisor spots a suspicious device, the dedicated inspector steps in to assess and handle it.

The office will hold a training session for the designated inspectors Friday, covering guidelines for preventing smart-device-related cheating and response procedures, as well as hands-on time to examine actual smart glasses.

In addition, the office held an online training session for 12th-grade homeroom teachers Friday to help students comply with exam rules and deter cheating. Guidance materials and instructional videos have been posted on its website, and brochures outlining exam precautions are planned for distribution on the pre-exam assembly day.

Meanwhile, 29,181 students in Busan are registered to sit this year's CSAT — 298 more than last year. The office plans to operate 64 test venues with a total of 1,065 exam rooms.