The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has embraced artificial intelligence and is working to create safeguards for academic integrity, the organisation’s top official said Monday.
Dr. Wayne Wesley, CXC’s Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, told local press in Dominica that the regional examination body is developing a generative regional AI policy for the secondary education system.
Wesley is leading a CXC delegation in Dominica ahead of the release of examination results on Tuesday.
“We want to ensure that the information being created by AI is verifiable and accurate, to prevent the hallucination that it tends to do,” Wesley said.
The policy aims to provide guidance and a framework for teaching, learning and assessment within the education system.
Wesley emphasised the importance of cognitive development and preventing “intellectual laziness” while utilising AI technology.
CXC, established in 1972, provides regionally and internationally recognized secondary school leaving examinations. The organisation offers a range of qualifications including the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
The AI policy development follows similar efforts at the tertiary level in Guyana and at the University of the West Indies, according to Wesley.