Thailand
18%
5/28
AI Gap Index
3/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 3/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 Ministry of Education 2025–2026 policy integrates AI literacy; 700 pilot schools and 60,000+ students have participated in AI training programmes under the National AI Strategy. [1]
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 THAI Academy curriculum and National AI Strategy explicitly require workers and students to gain ethical AI literacy alongside technical skills. [1]
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 'AI for Teachers' programme (Oct 2025–Mar 2026) trained 160,507 educators across OBEC, OVEC, and vocational schools in partnership with ETDA and Microsoft; training covered ethical and responsible AI use; 135,560 certificates issued reaching 3.3 million students. Not yet a legislatively mandated standard but represents the largest national teacher AI upskilling effort to date. [3]
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 1/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 ETDA's Artificial Intelligence Governance Center (operational 2026) provides AI governance advisory services, sandbox support, and regulatory research; the National AI Committee (PM-chaired) provides strategic coordination; neither body has independent enforcement powers, and Thailand's draft AI Law has not yet been enacted. [1], [2]
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 THAI Academy partnership with Microsoft provides free AI skills courses to the general population, targeting more than one million citizens. [1]
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 30, 2026 5/28 Refresh pass: 'AI for Teachers' programme reported completion — 160,507 educators trained with ethics component (Oct 2025–Mar 2026); dimension 4 raised from 0 to 1 (delivered at scale, multi-agency, but not yet binding law). All other scores unchanged.
April 24, 2026 4/28 Refresh: ETDA AI Governance Center operational; Feb 2026 draft AI law decree published; dim 10 note updated, score held at 1 — no enacted AI law and no independent regulator with enforcement powers yet.
March 19, 2026 4/28 First research pass: AI in education pilot, ethics literacy component, PM-chaired National AI Committee, and THAI Academy free public courses scored.