AI Ready Asean Phase 2 to Train Over 1.7 Million Students and Educators in Southeast Asia

The Asean Foundation said AI Ready Asean is entering its second phase, which will provide applied AI training to more than 1.7 million K-12 teachers, university students and faculty members across Southeast Asia through 2028. The phase shifts from basic AI awareness to applied learning in teaching, learning, research and workforce preparation, and has been endorsed by the Asean Senior Officials Meeting on Education. The program is implemented by the Asean Foundation with AVPN, supported by Google.org and the Asian Development Bank, and will develop locally adapted curricula with local partners.

This is a region-level AI education program with a clear scale, endorsement from the Asean Senior Officials Meeting on Education, and named funding and implementation partners, directly affecting AI capacity building for K-12 teachers, tertiary students and faculty members. It aligns with the Asean Work Plan on Education 2026-2030 on digital learning, lifelong learning and responsible use of AI. Its localized curricula and coordination with education ministries will also shape adoption conditions for AI education products and training services in the region. The source provides no independent research or quantified learning-outcome results, so no conclusion can be drawn about effects on academic performance or education quality. K-12 teachers and faculty members in Southeast Asia will receive applied AI training, embedding AI capacity building in teaching and research into a regional program. Localized AI education curricula, education ministry coordination and multi-stakeholder meetings will shape how AI education products and services are adopted in Southeast Asia.