Madagascar — AI Gap Index

2/28

AI Gap Index

0/10

Schools

0/8

Workforce

0/6

Governance

2/4

Access

Schools 0/10

D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 0 No AI literacy curriculum in schools; ASAN'AI and Skills4Job programmes are vocational/workforce-facing rather than school curriculum initiatives. ^[1]

D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 No binding AI curriculum law. ^[1]

D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0 No ethics curriculum requirement. ^[1]

D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0 No mandated teacher training programme. ^[1]

D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0 TALIM project ($185M World Bank, July 2025) provides externally funded education investment but is a general education quality project, not AI-specific. ^[2]

Workforce 0/8

D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0 No employer obligation to train all employees in AI. ^[1]

D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0 No employer ethics training mandate. ^[1]

D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0 No pre-redundancy training obligation. ^[1]

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0 No legal rights for workers in AI employment decisions. ^[1]

Civil Service & Governance 0/6

D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 0 No AI governance body identified. ^[1]

D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0 No civil servant AI training standard. ^[1]

D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0 No training-specific enforcement mechanism. ^[1]

Public Access 2/4

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 ASAN'AI programme (January 2026) and Skills4Job (October 2025) provide government-backed digital skills and AI training access to young people and workers; not universal but publicly supported. ^[1]

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 1 TALIM project includes digital tools and infrastructure components for 4.7 million pre-primary and primary students; externally funded but government-implemented. ^[2]

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