The unapproved use of AI in the completion of assessment tasks is a breach of academic integrity. All work presented in assessment tasks and external examinations (including submitted works and practical examinations) must be a student’s own or must be acknowledged appropriately.
NESA advises that schools should incorporate instruction on how to acknowledge all materials appropriately, including AI, in alignment with NESA’s published guidelines.
NESA also provides resources to support the teaching of correct source referencing. All students must have completed the compulsory All My Own Work (AMOW) topic covering ethical use of AI (or its equivalent) before being entered in a Preliminary and/or HSC course, and for the award of the HSC.
Schools should have practices in place ensuring that students have confidence that plagiarism controls will be fairly applied.