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Metal detector to prevent cheating on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test

10/22/2023, 12:36:15 PM

Highlights: Metal detector to prevent cheating on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. 42,000 people are expected to take the test on Sunday. "It's extremely legally secure if you do it in all the teaching methods," says test leader Jörgen Björkdahl. Watch and hear more in the video below or click here to watch the full interview with Björksdahl and Sedvall at Linköping University on Sunday at 11:30am. The full interview will be shown on Swedish television at 10:00am and 10:30pm on Monday.

On Sunday, 42,000 people are expected to take the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. To prevent electronic aids from being brought in, you can be checked with a metal detector when entering and exiting, for example at Linköping University.


"It's extremely legally secure if you do it in all the teaching methods, where the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test is written, so it's correct," says Jörgen Björkdahl, test leader at Linköping University.

Watch and hear more in the video.

Qoyntha Sedvall and Jörgen Björkdahl are test leaders at Linköping University. Photo: Edina Foric/SVT