Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education to Operate Comprehensive CSAT Situation Room ... Support Examinees, Prevent Cheating

The Gyeongsangnamdo Office of Education will operate a comprehensive situation room for the 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) to support the smooth administration of the exam.

The provincial education office will set up the main situation room in its auditorium and establish a separate situation room for each of the province's seven exam districts at their respective education support offices.

Operations will begin at 1 p.m. on November 16. The situation rooms will monitor preparations at each test site and the administration of the exam on test day, and will immediately report and respond to any emergencies.

Support teams will also be available to prepare for unexpected situations such as earthquakes, heavy snowfall and power outages.

On the day of the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test, examinees prepare for the exam at a test center. [Photo by Lee Seryeong]

In addition, the provincial education office has asked government offices, public enterprises and workplaces with 50 or more employees in the province to delay their start times until after 10 a.m. on test day so examinees can arrive at their test sites on time.

The office will also operate emergency transport vehicles in cooperation with the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency and the police stations with jurisdiction over the cities and counties where test sites are located. Traffic around test sites will be controlled, and measures will be taken to prevent noise.

To prevent cheating, the office will provide examinees with guidance on what they need to know in advance and distribute handheld metal detectors to each test site to check for prohibited items, including electronic devices. A cheating-reporting center will also be operated.

In particular, to prevent cheating using smart glasses equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), which have recently become a subject of controversy, one additional staff member dedicated to smart glasses will be assigned to each test site.

Dedicated staff and proctors will be briefed in advance on the features of wearable advanced devices such as smart glasses. The office plans to thoroughly inspect belongings before the exam and monitor examinees during the test.

The 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test will be held on November 19, 2026. A total of 32,474 examinees in Gyeongsangnam-do have registered for the test.

Examinees may bring only an analog clock with hour and minute hands (and a second hand) into the test site.

Clocks with communication functions, including Bluetooth, or electronic displays such as LCD or LED screens are not allowed in test sites.

All electronic devices, including electronic cigarettes and earphones with communication functions, are also prohibited.

Jeong Seonhee, head of the Career Education Division, said, "The CSAT is an important exam that allows examinees to reap the rewards of their long preparation, so creating a stable and fair testing environment is of utmost importance."

She added, "We will communicate and cooperate closely with all relevant agencies, the education support offices in each exam district, and the schools serving as test sites, and do our utmost to ensure examinees can fully demonstrate their abilities in a comfortable environment."

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