UAE Minister of Education Sarah Al Amiri said the country piloted an AI literacy curriculum framework across all state schools from Kindergarten to Year 12 in the 2025-26 school year, and rolled it out officially in September 2026 as a distinct mandatory part of the curriculum. The framework has three core goals and six principles, is divided into three age cycles (K-4, 5-8, 9-12), and more than 25 percent focuses purely on ethical use of AI. The UAE Cabinet approved publishing the full curriculum online for other countries to adapt.
KT announced on the 22nd that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Information Society Agency to support AI-based inclusive digital transformation and strengthen global capabilities. The two organizations plan to expand their AI education and certification cooperation experience accumulated in Korea overseas, linking AICE to NIA's Information Access Centers and the World Friends Korea IT Volunteers program. In the second half of this year, AICE Basic training and exams will be piloted at Information Access Centers in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Georgia, with 100 people per country receiving VOD online training and 20 per country taking three days of offline training and the AICE Basic exam.
At the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Google.org announced a $4 million commitment to the nonprofit Digital Promise to provide free, practical AI training for teachers and faculty worldwide. The program focuses on hands-on training for daily teaching tasks such as lesson planning and student assessment, rather than theoretical discussion of AI's future impact. The article says Digital Promise has worked with more than 1,000 school districts and cites a survey finding that 87% of educators believe AI will affect education while only 23% feel prepared to integrate it effectively.
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During the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services, the Beijing RISC-V Digital Infrastructure Innovation Center, together with Zhongguancun Fengtai Park company Beijing Beinengda, launched the city's first AI Future Learning Space at the education services exhibition area, presenting a complete EPC turnkey delivery. Built on the RISC-V open-source technology ecosystem, the space integrates domestic computing power into basic education teaching scenarios and creates two core scenarios: a K-12 artificial intelligence laboratory and a future classroom. The laboratory covers four teaching scenarios: labor and technology courses, AI interactive physics, chemistry and biology experiments, general AI courses, and embodied intelligence innovation.
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Starting in the autumn 2026 semester, multiple Chinese cities have introduced artificial intelligence literacy courses in primary and secondary schools, covering topics from understanding AI and using AI to using it well and questioning AI. Jiangsu Province has rolled out AI literacy courses across all its primary and secondary schools, reaching every campus and every student. Shandong Province requires AI-related courses in compulsory education, with no less than 6 class hours per academic year for grades 1-2 and no less than 8 class hours for grades 3-9, plus an optional high school module titled Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. The Ministry of Education said it will accelerate the popularization of AI education and plans a vertically integrated, full-stage AI education system by 2030.
New Brunswick's Department of Education has added learning about AI into its updated anglophone K-12 curriculum, covering kindergarten through Grade 12. The province says the update incorporates safe and ethical AI use and AI literacy, without displacing literacy and numeracy fundamentals. Some are calling for a pause, especially for younger learners.
LG held the 9th LG Aimers Hackathon from September 19 to 20 at LG Inhwa Garden in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on developing an AI model to predict a pitcher's pitch-control success rate, with 3,393 youths participating and 96 finalists sharing 100 million won in support funds. LG said cumulative participation in LG Aimers has exceeded 23,000 youths since its launch in the second half of 2022. LG also opened recruitment for 100 participants in the 4th LG AI Youth Camp, with applications due October 22, jointly run with Seoul National University and starting in February 2027.
