In March 2025 Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) published national recommendations on the use of artificial intelligence in education, covering early childhood and care, primary and lower secondary education, general and vocational upper secondary education, and liberal adult education.
The recommendations outline legal obligations that already apply and provide guidance for responsible, safe, and innovative AI use. Key themes include AI literacy, legal compliance, and ethical use. Teacher training programmes have been overhauled to incorporate practical AI applications, with workshops and courses on lesson plan integration.
Finland’s AI literacy approach builds on decades of media literacy education; the new recommendations extend this tradition to AI-generated content, including deepfakes, with content directed at students as young as three.
Who it affects: All levels of formal education in Finland, including teachers, school leaders, and early childhood practitioners.
What is notably missing: The framework is issued as recommendations, not binding statutory mandates, meaning there is no legal obligation on individual schools to implement the guidance. Dedicated funding specifically for AI literacy rollout is not specified; teacher training workshops are available but not mandated before deployment.