To protect examination processes from increasingly sophisticated digital threats, the Center for Student Admissions (CSA) of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) joined nationwide academic leaders at the ExamNext 2026: Conference on Technology Integration in High-Stakes Examinations held at the Makati Diamond Hotel on Thursday, May 21.
DLSU-D CSA Associate Directors Carolyn Jardiano and Jacquelyn Torres represented the University at the high-level digital summit. They participated alongside delegates from various member schools of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), signaling a unified front among Lasallian institutions to modernize local academic assessment frameworks.
Organized by human capital and digital solutions firm ASEAMETRICS in partnership with global assessment software provider ExcelSoft, the one-day sector conference gathered education stakeholders, regulators, and examination administrators to address the growing vulnerabilities of high-stakes testing in an AI-disrupted landscape.
The 'Dual Reality' of AI in Philippine Education
According to conference organizers, high-stakes examinations—which are pivotal for university student admissions, professional licensure, and recruitment—are currently facing unprecedented security risks. These include digital impersonation, test-content leakage, multi-site administration errors, and automated cheating methods driven by emerging technologies.
The summit highlighted the "dual reality" of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, tackling both its threats and its strategic advantages:
- The Threats: The weaponization of generative AI tools, deepfakes, content misuse, and synthetic identities to compromise test security.
- The Solutions: Optimizing AI-enabled technologies to strengthen real-time identity verification, biometric anomaly detection, automated exam monitoring, and faster data processing.
Future-Proofing DLSU-D Student Admissions
Experts at the summit demonstrated how AI-driven tools can be responsibly integrated into institutional workflows to improve control, efficiency, and scale without compromising student data privacy. With the insights gathered by Jardiano and Torres, the DLSU-D Center for Student Admissions aims to pioneer next-generation assessment protocols within the campus network. The move is expected to future-proof the university's evaluation pipeline, ensuring a seamless, secure, and equitable admissions experience for the incoming batch of student applicants.
