Tunisia’s Ministry of Education organised a three-day national seminar on AI in education in Tunis from 24–26 February 2026, under the EU and AFD co-financed PARLE programme (€8 million EU contribution, €6 million AFD contribution). The seminar was titled “AI and Education: Thinking the Tool and Its Uses” and convened educational inspectors, curriculum designers, and school administrators.
The seminar explicitly addressed three dimensions of AI in education: its technical principles, practical classroom applications, and its ethical, regulatory, and pedagogical dimensions. Ethics was positioned as a core analytical lens — not an afterthought — within the ministry’s approach to AI integration.
Who it affects: Educational inspectors and curriculum professionals within the Tunisian Ministry of Education who attended and are expected to cascade the seminar’s findings into school-level guidance. The PARLE programme is a sustained multi-year initiative rather than a one-off event.
What is notably missing: The seminar is a professional development event, not a binding curriculum mandate. No national school-level AI literacy requirement has been enacted in Tunisia. Teacher training remains project-dependent rather than legislatively mandated. The programme’s impact depends on inspector follow-through in schools.