Dozens of students at Mazenod College are reported to have been caught cheating using artificial intelligence during a key Year 12 exam. Multiple outlets say the incidents involve a large number of students, with figures described as nearing a quarter of the school’s Year 12 cohort. The coverage reports that the school detected the cheating and identified a group of students involved.
The articles also report the college’s response. While the number of students implicated is substantial, the school does not believe the cheating was coordinated among the students. That position is presented consistently across the sources, suggesting the college views the behaviour as widespread but not necessarily organised or planned together.
The reports frame the matter as an exam integrity breach involving AI tools, but they do not provide further detail in the supplied summaries about specific exam procedures, how the AI use was detected, or what penalties the students face. Overall, the accounts converge on the scale of involvement and the college’s view that the activity was not coordinated.
