US EditionUAE schools to teach AI from kindergarten up
- The United Arab Emirates will require all public school students to study artificial intelligence from kindergarten through twelfth grade starting in the 2025-26 school year.
- This initiative responds to the UAE's strategy to become the Middle East's leading hub for AI by integrating AI education into government curricula and national development plans.
- The curriculum covers foundational AI concepts, ethical awareness, real-world applications, innovation, and community engagement, with age-appropriate cycles and dedicated teacher support.
- The UAE leader expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Education for developing the AI curriculum and highlighted the aim to provide students with a thorough technical understanding of artificial intelligence along with its ethical considerations, preparing them for a future that demands new skills and awareness.
- This move supports the UAE's plan to diversify its economy from oil dependence and could contribute significantly to future workforce skills and GDP growth.
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Why the UAE has mandated AI learning in schools
The NewsThe UAE will overhaul its education system for the artificial intelligence age, becoming one of the first nations in the world to mandate AI learning as it looks to harness the technology to improve outcomes and combat disengagement in classrooms, its education minister said.AI will be taught in all public and some private schools at the start of the next academic year in the fall — reaching as many as 400,000 students — with around 20 l…
Toms River School Board Adopts AI Policy
TOMS RIVER – Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and the school needs to have a policy on how it is used, officials said. Tiffany Lucey, district supervisor of educational technology, gave a presentation to the Board of Education who later unanimously voted to approve the policy. “We really want to prepare our students for this fourth industrial revolution,” she said. “The human interaction is irreplaceable” but AI could support learner…
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UAE to teach AI in government schools from kindergarten up
DUBAI: UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced on Sunday that artificial intelligence lessons would be introduced for public-school children of all ages starting the next academic year. In a tweet on X, Sheikh Mohammed wrote that the UAE cabinet had approved “the final curriculum to introduce ‘Artificial Intelligence’ as a subject across all stages of government education in the UAE, from kindergarten to grade 12, starting from …
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