Estado de México
OECD
11%
3/28
AI Gap Index
3/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
0/6
Governance
0/4
Access
Schools 3/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 AI and related subjects included in the curriculum of newly built state preparatorias; applies to new state-run upper-secondary schools, not the full school system.
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 1 LXII Legislature reform (April 2026) to Article 61 of the Education Law mandates the Secretaría de Educación to promote ethical and responsible AI use in upper-secondary and higher education; first state-level legal mandate of its kind in Mexico, though curricular specifics are not yet defined.
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 The April 2026 legislative reform explicitly requires criteria covering academic integrity, data protection, bias prevention, and misinformation risk — establishing a statutory ethics component for AI use in schools.
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0
Civil Service & Governance 0/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 0
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 0/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 24, 2026 /28 Legislature approved ethical AI education reform (April 2026): dim 2 raised to 1 (statutory mandate) and dim 3 raised to 1 (ethics criteria required by law).
April 16, 2026 1/28 Initial scoring from new preparatoria curriculum including AI, nanotechnology and cybersecurity subjects.