Danish pupils will have to orally defend essays in attempt to combat AI cheating

Upper secondary schools will be required to monitor how computers are being used for written exams. Photograph: Posed by models; Solskin/Getty Images

Danish teenagers will have to make an oral defence of their written essays to combat AI cheating, the government has announced.

Pupils aged 16 to 19 at upper secondary school (known in Denmark as gymnasiet) will also be encouraged to do written assignments at school under controlled conditions, including monitoring of their computer screens, rather than at home.