House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2022-11-15 Daily Xml

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SACE Examinations

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:03): My supplementary question is: will the minister ensure that the SACE Board prevents the use of Grammarly in subsequent SACE exams this year?

The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills) (15:03): I thank the member for Morialta for his question again. I understand those steps are already underway. I can't give the member for Morialta the IT specifics. I must admit, I had never heard of Grammarly before. Many people in this chamber are probably in the same boat. I remember when spellchecking was a very new thing.

I can't give the member for Morialta those specifics around exactly how access to Grammarly and anything like that is being ensured, but I am happy to get those details. I have been reassured by both SACE and Professor Westwell that steps have been taken already to make sure that cannot happen again, and I think that is absolutely the proper and right course of action.