Slovakia’s Ministry of Education launched the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education Plan 2025-2027 in September 2025, embedding AI into the national education system with explicit focus on teacher support and equitable technology access. The plan commits to updating national education programmes to include AI instruction from the 2026-2027 school year, with pupils learning both AI principles and responsible application.
The plan establishes four implementation pillars: AI for all (equal access to quality tools), support for teachers (reducing administrative burden and enabling adaptive learning), better education management (using AI to optimize governance and resource allocation), and AI innovations (creating conditions for sustainable tool development).
Support mechanisms include the ai.iedu.sk platform for information sharing and experience exchange; training for over 1,100 pedagogical and professional employees; and planned establishment of Artificial Intelligence Competence Centres at selected public higher education institutions from 2026 to 2029. The plan projects impact on over 10,000 pupils and students by 2027.
Who it affects: Primary and secondary school teachers and administrators; pupils across all grades from 2026-2027 onwards; higher education institutions establishing competence centres; university researchers in AI education.
What is notably missing: No binding funding guarantee beyond 2027; no defined teacher competency assessment or certification standard; no enforcement mechanism if schools fail to implement curriculum; no worker protections for administrative staff displaced by automation; no explicit protection for contract or part-time teachers; no data governance framework for student data processed by AI systems; no appeals process if AI systems make consequential decisions about student learning pathways.