Teach For All is recruiting globally for multiple remote positions, including Chief Learning Officer for AI and Ed Tech and Global Learning Lead, Fellowship Programs. These roles aim to advance global education, AI, and leadership development, with locations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The organization currently lists 15 job openings across its global teams.
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Sixteen secondary school students in Anambra State, Nigeria, completed a one-month Digital Skills and Girl-Child Empowerment Bootcamp organized by LIFT Initiative at Activ8 Hub Complex, Awka. They learned computer operations, email, office practice, Canva design, and AI for problem-solving. LIFT also held a two-day AI Literacy Class for teachers.
The consultation committee for the proposed Karnataka Artificial Intelligence University (KAIU) met for the first time on September 5, chaired by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan. The meeting discussed immediate AI skilling initiatives and a phased roadmap for establishing KAIU, covering areas like generative and agentic AI. The committee plans to offer certificate, diploma, and other programs through industry-academic partnerships.
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The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has endorsed Islamabad Medical & Dental College's (IMDC) initiative to integrate AI into healthcare education. IMDC, in collaboration with Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), completed its first Clinical AI Healthcare Certificate Program, a four-week course attended by 24 medical and dental students and professionals. PMDC President Prof. Dr. Rizwan Taj attended the ceremony and praised the effort.
Samagra Shiksha, Assam, signed MoUs with Google AI, IIT Madras-Bodhan AI, and others to integrate AI into schools. The plan includes training 100,000 teachers, with IIT Madras-Bodhan AI training teachers of grades 6-12 by May 2027. LEHS-Wadhwani AI will assess reading fluency, EkStep-AXL will provide personalized learning, and Educate Girls will track out-of-school girls.
The Odisha Higher Education Department signed MoUs with CSRBOX, Nandi Foundation, and OKCL, and launched the 'AI Course for All' program with NASSCOM to provide online AI training to over 100,000 students and faculty. The IBM-CSRBOX project will cover 125,000 students, focusing on 107 remote institutions. Nandi Foundation offers offline training for final-year female students, while OKCL provides 30 hours of English and 10 hours of AI digital training.
On September 1, Longtian Subdistrict in Pingshan District, Shenzhen, held an on-demand WorkBuddy skills training for Baodeshi Toy Manufacturing, with over 10 middle managers attending. The training was customized within 24 hours by the Da Gongye District Party-Mass Service Center. This year, the center has conducted over 30 AI-themed trainings covering more than 1,200 participants.
In summer 2026, Wolongsi Primary School in Jintai District, Baoji, organized teachers to participate in the National Smart Education Platform training, learning AI application cases. After the new semester began, teaching groups demonstrated AI-integrated micro-videos, with teachers from Chinese, math, and comprehensive subjects using AI tools for lesson preparation, teaching, and assessment, developing a resource library of quality micro-videos.
According to Global Brands Magazine, Coursera added 7.6 million registered learners in Q1 2026, surpassing 200 million total users, with quarterly revenue of about $196 million, up 9% year-over-year. Duolingo was named the top US edtech company of 2026 by TIME and Statista, and is investing around $50 million to defend against AI substitutes. Khan Academy's AI tutor Khanmigo now reaches about 1.4 million students.
The Education Department of Gansu Province and four other departments recently issued the 'AI Plus Education Action Plan (2026-2030)', proposing five major tasks. The plan sets goals to build a full-chain AI general education curriculum by 2028, create over 45 national and provincial AI education base schools, and develop over 1,000 typical application scenarios. By 2030, the provincial education network bandwidth will reach 40G and computing resources will be no less than 100P.
Recently, the practice of AI-empowered English listening and speaking teaching in Zhuji, submitted by the Zhuji Education Research Center, was selected for the public list of '2026 Smart Education Excellent Cases'. The case uses AI listening and speaking classrooms, now in regular use in 16 schools, covering 92 classes, 58 English teachers, and over 4,000 students. The project adopts a mechanism of pilot verification, scale-up, and dynamic optimization, and has established a tiered training system.
The UAE Cabinet approved implementing an AI curriculum across all public and private schools, following positive pilot results in public schools. The curriculum covers technical foundations, ethics, data, algorithms, practical applications, and risks, and will be shared globally. The government also plans to train 22,000 teachers and educators.
The Jiangsu provincial government issued the High-Level University Construction Plan (2026-2030), aiming for 1-2 universities to enter the forefront of world-class universities by 2030. It includes a dedicated AI empowerment plan supporting AI general education, discipline development, and intelligent agents, expanding applications in teaching, learning, research, and management. The plan also promotes emerging interdisciplinary fields like integrated circuits and AI, and establishes a special professor program selecting about 150 people annually.
On September 3, 2026, Banco Santander and Coursera announced 50,000 new free online course slots for the Santander | Skills for Work program, open to adults over 18 in 12 countries without requiring bank customers or degrees. Courses cover AI, data analysis, leadership, and more, with 80 Coursera-certified courses available for 12 months. Combined with 50,000 released in August, total reaches 100,000.
Violoop recently completed angel and Pre-A rounds totaling over 100 million yuan, with investors including Lenovo Capital, CICC Porsche, and others. Its first desktop Agent device is priced at $699 and has received about 12,000 reservations, with launch planned for September. The device connects to existing computers via HDMI and USB, aiming to let AI learn personal experience in real work.
Jiangmen's human resources department launched the third-quarter 'Jiangmen Craftsman Lecture Hall' public training, offering eight free skill courses covering AI applications, creative design, coffee roasting, etc. September courses include AI-enabled frontline supervisor management and AI-driven office efficiency; October includes Solidworks drawing and Photoshop-AI integrated design. All courses are free, with registration opening in two batches at the Jiangmen High-Skill Talent Public Training Base.
Heriot-Watt University announced a new online MSc in Computer Science with a Specialism in Artificial Intelligence, delivered in partnership with Coursera. The program is fully online and self-paced, comprising seven core courses, an Industry Specialisation Certificate, and a Capstone Project, totaling 180 credits. Students can start in January, May, or September, and most complete in about three years.
On September 1, 2026, iFlytek released the Spark Intelligent Grading Machine M50, which can grade and analyze homework for an entire class within minutes, forming an hour-level personalized teaching loop. Its error cause system includes over 4,000 labels and passed expert appraisal. The device supports 50g low-weight paper with a jam rate of 0.4‰.
On August 25, 2026, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Jing'an District, Shanghai, approved Shanghai Yihe Vocational Skills Training Center to offer the 'AI Trainer (Levels 3 and 4)' training program. The approval follows municipal regulations on adult training institutions and vocational skills training standards.
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Recently, iFlytek (Hong Kong) and Lingnan University signed a cooperation memorandum to collaborate on nurturing startups, joint investment matching, and commercializing research outcomes, leveraging the university's LUX platform. The LUX platform focuses on 'AI+X' and explores applications of agentic AI across industries, aiming to accelerate industry-academia-research-investment collaboration and help students and research teams turn innovations into market-ready solutions.
iFlytek reported H1 2026 revenue of 11.6 billion yuan, up 6.65% year-on-year, but posted a net loss of 200 million yuan. The company raised nearly 4 billion yuan, with 800 million yuan allocated to the Spark Education Model project.
iFlytek's 2026 H1 report shows revenue of 11.623 billion yuan, up 6.52% YoY, with net loss of 204 million yuan. Smart education business revenue was 3.49 billion yuan, down 1.16% YoY. AI learning machine sales were affected by chip price hikes and shortages, but rebounded in July with over 30% YoY growth.
On August 17, the East Campus of Zhengzhou No.4 Junior High School started a three-day teacher training, with the first session focusing on AI digital teaching tools. Experts from iFlytek taught about AI-empowered classrooms, homework reduction, and smart teaching, demonstrating functions like Zhixue.com and digital homework platform. All teachers attended, with hands-on practice in the afternoon.
The Karnataka government announced plans to introduce AI education from Class 6 and set a target of creating 100,000 new jobs. The initiative aims to foster talent through early AI education to support employment growth. Specific implementation details are yet to be released.
Egyptian digital education company UMAMI announced the launch of its new platform LOS, combining AI with an integrated learning framework to serve government institutions, educational institutions, and companies in Egypt and the Arab region. The platform has an investment exceeding 50 million Egyptian pounds (about $1 million), aiming to unify learning, skills acquisition, job-market readiness measurement, and institutional performance analysis.
An AI education forum will open in Amman, Jordan next Saturday, according to the Jordan News Agency Petra. The event focuses on AI applications in education, with details on agenda and participants yet to be announced.
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT launched the 'AI Growth Ladder for All' project on August 3, covering AI education, development, and startup support. The project includes three pillars: AI Learning Hub, AI Lab, and AI Lounge. The AI Learning Hub integrates public and private education platforms, while the AI Lab provides free development tools and datasets. The initiative aims to build a step-by-step growth framework from learning to commercialization.
