The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) is advancing an AI literacy initiative across more than 170 private schools, covering KG to Grade 12. Learning progresses from screen-free critical and logical thinking in early years to engaging with AI tools, and by Grade 12 students design AI systems and scalable solutions. ADEK has also introduced a standardized AI Growth Test held twice a year for Grades 4-12 and aims to train 19,000 educators.
On September 17, 2026, the inaugural AI for Africa's Education Summit, themed "Teaching and Learning Responsibly in the AI Era," was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, University of Lagos, Nigeria, hosted by Kini AI. Educators, students, policymakers and technology innovators called for integrating AI into the country's education system, stressing human oversight, verification and stronger AI literacy among teachers and learners. An AI Literacy and Adoption Report was presented, and the VERIFY Method and 4D Framework were introduced. Organisers committed to training one million Nigerians by 2030.
Samsung India launched Samsung Innovation Campus 2026 in Karnataka on September 17, 2026, aiming to train 2,000 youth in industry-relevant AI skills. The programme is run with Nrupathunga University in Bengaluru and offers hands-on AI training, expert mentoring and practical learning to youth aged 18–25. The Karnataka programme has trained over 3,000 people to date, part of Samsung's commitment to empower 20,000 youth across 10 states in 2026.
The Orangeburg County School District in South Carolina is preparing to bring artificial intelligence into classrooms, aiming to help students understand both the benefits and risks of the technology. The plan starts with teachers learning how AI can be used in education and what to watch out for, with the next phase focused on building staff skills before students receive training. The district also received a grant for MagicSchool AI, giving teachers access to a controlled platform designed for the K-12 environment. Training will teach students to check AI-generated information, recognize potential bias, and be aware of fabricated content and deepfakes.
Samagra Shiksha Assam (SSA), in collaboration with Google for Education, will organise an online Google AI Education Educator Series for teachers across Assam as part of a three-year capacity-building programme on using AI in teaching. The training runs in two phases on September 18 and September 24, 2026, focuses on teaching students from Classes 6 to 12, and includes guided hands-on practice. SSA has directed district education officials to ensure teacher participation, and interested teachers must register online through the Google AI Educator Series registration portal.
On September 17, 2026, the AI office of Shanghai's Economic and Information Technology Commission said Shanghai has defined a "3+3+3" training plan for forward deployed engineers (FDEs), targeting three groups: heads of state-owned enterprises and government departments, existing industry engineers, and universities. The plan aims to improve strategic awareness and decision-making, help engineers shift toward combined business insight, consulting diagnosis and engineering delivery, and embed FDE concepts into university courses. Li Jinjin of Shanghai Jiao Tong University introduced the FDE concept to Shanghai and launched the country's first FDE training class; her company has 30 FDEs.
Indian talent engagement platform Unstop has signed an agreement to acquire AI talent intelligence company PerspectAI; financial terms were not disclosed. PerspectAI combines psychometrics, cognitive and behavioural sciences, artificial intelligence and game-based assessments to produce indicators of employability, role fit and future potential. After the deal closes, PerspectAI's founders and its engineering, quality and applied psychology teams will join Unstop, and its tools are planned to be offered to campus recruiters, lateral hiring teams and large enterprises.
On September 15-16, 2026, during the SCO Digital Economy Forum, 01.AI signed a cooperation agreement with Kazakh company Q.AI to jointly build an AI education platform with Kazakhstan's Ministry of Education. The project uses an "AI dual-teacher classroom" model with online city teachers leading and local teachers assisting, paired with clicker hardware for real-time classroom interaction. It is currently piloting in 10 schools in Kazakhstan, with plans to cover 500 rural and small schools in the pilot phase and about 2,900 schools by 2029.
The Human Resources and Social Security Department of Hunan Province has issued a notice on the "Skills Revitalize Sanxiang, One Person One Skill — AI Special Training Action," targeting zero-foundation enthusiasts, AI industry practitioners, industrial workers, entrepreneurial groups and professional technicians. The notice calls for no fewer than 100 quality AI courses, no fewer than 1,000 public AI training, outreach and practical activities, subsidized vocational skills training for 100,000 person-times, and aims to involve 300,000 person-times in AI skills learning within three years. An AI general learning zone is opened on the "Xiangpei Zhitongche" platform, offering online courses such as AI literacy, AIGC applications, smart office and AI applications in intelligent manufacturing.
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In September 2026, the Tongyuehui employment service station in Daqiao Street, Yangpu District, Shanghai held a special skills training event titled "AI Empowers the Workplace, Skills Create Opportunities." The training targeted local workplace professionals and job seekers, using a "theory plus hands-on practice" format to cover lightweight AI tools for office work, copywriting, visual design, and job hunting. The hands-on session included three exercises: resume optimization, copywriting, and creative drawing.
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From 8 to 10 September 2026, Digital Learning Week was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, where UNESCO IITE and UNESCO-ICHEI convened a parallel session on AI and women's leadership in higher education. The Women Leading Change in Africa programme, launched in 2024, has reached more than 3,000 educators across Africa, while Ain Shams University in Egypt reported that over 4,000 faculty members completed micro-certifications, with women accounting for 66%. The two institutes also proposed a next phase, AI-Enabled Empowerment, to extend to Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab States, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
On September 14, 2026, the Beijing Intellectual Property Office held a special training session on AI government service consultation applications, attended by government service staff from its departments and affiliated public institutions. The training combined offline and online video conferencing and invited four technical experts from the Municipal Government Service and Data Administration to teach. The experts covered the office's plan for building and evaluating AI government consultation applications, including knowledge base governance and expert evaluation and annotation procedures. Next, the office will supplement and update its government knowledge base, organize business experts to conduct question-and-answer evaluation and annotation, and iterate on the already-launched AI consultation front end.
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Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, assistant professor of human-centered learning technologies at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, and Sarah K. Burriss, assistant professor of the practice at the College of Connected Computing, published a framework in the journal Educational Researcher. It proposes embedding social, ethical and critical thinking about AI into any lesson through four interconnected components: being, knowing, acting and making. The researchers say the approach differs from existing AI teaching methods that prioritize technical skills and may include only a single lesson on ethics.
On September 16, Microsoft published five principles for AI in education covering safety and privacy, educator control, student thinking, education systems, and AI readiness. The post also recaps its earlier AFT privacy and safety agreement, which is recorded separately.
On 17 September 2026, Adobe announced it is expanding its creative, digital and AI skills programmes for students and learners in India. The company said nearly 400,000 young people in India have accessed creative and AI-focused digital skills through its partnership with UNICEF's Generation Unlimited, with over 375,000 completing the Design Fundamentals with AI course. Adobe is also working with the governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Assam, Bihar and Tamil Nadu to bring Adobe Express for Education and AI learning to thousands of government schools, reaching 7.8 million K-12 students and teachers.
On September 16, 2026, voice-first AI tutoring platform Aristotle announced $5 million in seed funding led by True Ventures, with participation from Wicklow Capital and angel investors from Anthropic, OpenAI, Sierra, Ramp, Cognition and others. The company said over 1,000 students completed more than 1,500 hours of one-on-one tutoring in a closed beta, after which it launched nationwide. The platform serves students ages 13–18 across STEM, standardized testing and language learning, and the funding will expand the product, grow the team and bring it to general availability.
On September 15, 2026, the Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission hosted a provincial AI training session in Shenyang under the theme "AI Empowering High-Quality Digital Economy Development." More than 150 responsible officials from provincial department offices attended, and Wang Peng, R&D Vice President and Chief Architect of Huawei's Government One-Net Corps, gave a specialized lecture. The commission said it will continue holding AI training sessions for prefecture-level cities in batches and by theme.
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On September 14, 2026, transcosmos announced it deployed trans-AI Tutor, its AI-powered learning solution developed in South Korea, in a financial services project in Vietnam, cutting new agent training from an average of 10 business days to five business days, a 50% reduction. The solution supports agents in repeatedly practicing customer service scenarios through AI-powered role-play simulations and includes INK Test, a voice-based competency assessment. In earlier new agent training at a major home shopping company in South Korea, it contributed to a 9% improvement in three-month retention and a 10% increase in training program satisfaction.
US nonprofit Instruction Partners released the first findings of its AI in Action Learning Tour on September 11, 2026. Co-founder and CEO Emily Freitag and a colleague spent six months starting in January visiting 16 school systems in seven states, observing students in AI-enabled lessons and teachers teaching with AI, and interviewing more than 100 teachers, school system leaders and ed-tech CEOs. The report covers 20 student-facing AI products already in classrooms, grouped into general-purpose chatbots, education platforms and targeted instructional tools.
On October 9, 2024, The AI Education Project (aiEDU) released its AI Readiness Framework, a way for students, teachers and school leaders to think about building AI Readiness in America's schools and to evaluate what being "AI Ready" means. The framework builds on dozens of stakeholder interviews, qualitative and quantitative research including extensive survey work with educators, and existing research and frameworks. It has three parts: student AI Literacy and Readiness competencies, educator competencies, and a District Readiness Rubric, and is free to download at aiedu.org.
