Education
A-levels and GCSEs need overhaul to keep pace with generative AI, experts say | Education

Oral assessments, more security checks and speedier marking are all on the cards as generative artificial intelligence (AI) could transform exams for the next generation of students.
As the 2025 exam season draws to a close with GCSE students picking up their results on Thursday, after mostly sitting traditional pen and paper exams, AI is already changing the landscape.
Exam preparation is undergoing a revolution, with students increasingly creating personal AI tutors, available around the clock to generate learning materials to suit individual needs that potentially lead to better results.
“Using AI can give a student a much better understanding of a subject because they can ask those questions they wouldn’t ask in class, or at odd hours, without being judged,” said Dr Andrew Rogoyski of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI.
“It really took off this summer,” said Sandra Leaton Gray, a professor of education futures at University College London’s Institute of Education. “So they’re able to talk to it about the marking frameworks that are in use and upload those, and then they’re able to do sample answers on their own. And then they’re able to say to the AI: ‘How would you improve the answer?’ It’s like having a tireless tutor.”
Others suggest AI is developing so rapidly a totally new exam will be needed to test how effectively students are using it. Dr Thomas Lancaster, a computer scientist at Imperial College London specialising in the educational use of generative AI, academic integrity and student cheating, said: “This is becoming such a core digital skill now. I think an exam of this type is inevitable.”
Lancaster warned AI would lead to new ways of cheating. “I do think we’ll need to see increased security checks for exams and more training for invigilators to help them to spot disallowed devices,” he said.
“Communication devices now can be as small as concealed earpieces, and there are more dangers with AI enabled smart glasses.”
Sir Ian Bauckham, the chief regulator of England’s qualifications watchdog, Ofqual, warned of the risks AI posed to the use of extended writing coursework to assess a student’s knowledge.
In an interview with the Guardian, he raised concerns about the extended project qualification, an independent research project students can undertake alongside their A-levels that is the equivalent of half an A-level.
“I think it’s got a really important place that is valued and universities sometimes tell us that they value it too,” he said. “So I wouldn’t want to take precipitous action on it, but I am worried about the extent to which AI may be being used to support students in that qualification.
“I think anybody that wants to say we should move the exam system wholesale away from exams, where you can control the use of AI, to a space where it’s much harder to do that, which is extended writing coursework, should probably do a reality check.”
Rogoyski echoed his concerns. He said: “Our assumption that you can tell a student’s mastery of a subject by asking them to write an essay is being fundamentally challenged, especially if they’re doing that work unsupervised.
“We are likely to have to change exams to focus on testing their understanding of what has been written, whether by AI or human. This means vivas, or discussions, about examined topics.”
He also warned there are early signs of AI-dependency emerging as students start to use the technology routinely: “The risk is that they become dependent on the AI and lose their own abilities to analyse, write, and critique subjects,” he said.
On the possible benefits of AI to the exam system, Jill Duffy, the chair of the Joint Council for Qualifications board of directors and the chief executive of the OCR awards body, said exam boards were looking at how AI could speed up and improve the quality of marking.
One theory is GCSE and A-level results could be delivered within a month instead of two, thanks to AI speeding up marking. OCR is using AI in trials to turn handwritten answers into digital text to cut delays caused by poor handwriting. If successful, it could mean students are offered university places based on their qualifications rather than predicted grades.
Duffy agreed more vivas and other forms of oral assessment were already being used in higher education. “If we’re seeing it there, is that going to start to cross over into schools? We could see something like that,” she said.
Lancaster added: “Overall, exams are here to stay in some form, but that exam form may be rather different to what it looks like now.”
Education
NVIDIA Partners With Black Tech Street To Advance AI Education In Tulsa

Black Tech Street (BTS) is bringing transformative AI innovation education to Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District with the help of microchip maker NVIDIA. The partnership aims to help Tulsa become a national model for tech-driven economic empowerment and community advancement.
NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company, will collaborate with the organization to lead efforts in integrating cutting-edge technologies, according to The Black Wall Street Times.
“NVIDIA is powering the AI revolution—likely the most impactful leap in human history,” Tyrance Billingsley II, founder and CEO of Black Tech Street, said. “To have them standing with us in Greenwood, committing to help our community harness and lead this revolution, means more than I can articulate. This is a game-changing win for Black Wall Street.”
Advancing tech in Tulsa
As a member of Tulsa’s Tech Hub coalition (led by Tulsa Innovation Labs), Black Tech Street has played a significant role in the city’s designation as a Tech Hub for Autonomous Systems by the US Economic Development Administration.
The coalition recently secured $51 million in federal funding, with $10.6 million allocated to create a Greenwood AI Center of Excellence, led by Black Tech Street. Black Tech Street and NVIDIA will partner with the Tech Hub and local community organizations through this collaboration.
The State of Oklahoma will also be a part of this partnership, as it will train up to 10,000 learners. Training will be delivered through educational institutions and community partners.
Goals of the partnership
The partnership has three main goals: expanding AI education, boosting Tulsa’s economy, and positioning the city as a national hub for AI innovation. By offering advanced training programs through local institutions, the initiative will give Tulsa’s wider community access to in-demand AI skills. In turn, this will help create high-paying jobs and establish Tulsa—through Greenwood—as both a model and a testing ground for AI development.
NVIDIA will commit to the partnership by hiring local entrepreneurs, technologists, and students for NVIDIA’s training and certification programs. The company will also collaborate with Black Tech Street to secure federal, state, and philanthropic funding for research and talent development. Additionally, NVIDIA will connect Tulsa startups with its Inception program and global startup ecosystem to help accelerate local growth.
“This partnership will generate economic impact for years to come. NVIDIA and Black Tech Street are setting the stage for new jobs for Tulsans and opening doors of opportunity for our community,” Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols said.
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Education
Voice AI in Education Market Is Going to Boom

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Definition: Voice AI in education refers to the use of speech recognition and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to facilitate learning and communication between students and educational platforms. Voice AI enables interactive language learning, assists students with disabilities, automates administrative tasks, and supports personalized tutoring. With the rise of smart devices, conversational AI, and accessibility requirements, educational institutions are adopting voice-based solutions to make learning more inclusive and engaging.
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US visa curbs won’t kill the American dream for young Ghanaians

In spite of visa restrictions being imposed on students planning to study in the US, some students in Ghana are still hoping to travel to America for their studies because they believe higher institutions there provide the best environment for learning.
Ghana is once of at least 26 countries to be slapped with new nonimmigrant visa rules meaning that they will only be eligible for single entry, three-month visas to the US – and will have to reapply for a visa each time they want to re-enter the country after this three-month window has closed.
But young Ghanaians are not letting this development stop them from pursuing their dreams of studying in the US.
Mark Awuku Dabah, a fourth-year communications students majoring in journalism at the University of Media, Arts and Communications (UniMAC) in Accra, told The PIE News that he is not worried about the visa restrictions and is looking forward to studying in the US if he gets the opportunity.
“In Ghana, the number of students that attend lectures is so high and it does not create the right atmosphere for studies. In addition, there is very little practical learning to whatever they are studying and so they end up just being lectured without any proper practical training,” Dabah said.
Another student of the same institution – Christabel Amoabeng, who is also in her fourth year – said she will jump at any opportunity to study in the US.
“Apart from all the other attractions that make studies in that country attractive, I also believe that being in a place where people from all over the globe travel to study [offers an} opportunity to forge life-long relationships,” she said.
For Bernard Osei, who has just completed his senior high school, “studying in the US gives you a qualification that is well respected and open doors to you anywhere in the world. My dream is to take all the necessary tests that will qualify me to enter Harvard University to study medicine”.
My dream is to take all the necessary tests that will qualify me to enter Harvard University to study medicine
Bernard Osei, student
Osei continued: “Each time I hear of people who have passed through Harvard and return to work in Ghana, I just feel like going to be with them to listen to all that they enjoyed in that great university. It is a dream that I have carried all my life, and I hope God will make it come true in my life.”
An email from EducationUSA in Ghana – the advisory network for students planning to travel to the US – pointed to statistics from the US Embassy in Ghana, which said that for the 2023/24 academic year, 9,394 Ghanaians studied in the US.
“The United States remains the top destination for international students with over one million (1,126,690) international students in academic year 2023/24, which is a 7% increase over the previous year,” the email said.
EducationUSA said the majority of international students study in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, while math and computer science continues to grow as the leading field of study for international students.
According to Open Doors data from 2024, Ghana ranks as the 13th biggest supplier of international students to the US, with a record high of 9,394 Ghanaians heading stateside for their studies in 2023/24.
The Open Doors Report is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE), analysing the number of international students in the United States. It said Ghanaians in graduate degree programs totalled 6,337, representing a 54% increase and making Ghana the ninth largest sender globally of graduate students to the United States.
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