Malta’s Digital Education Strategy 2024-2030, published by the Ministry for Education and Sport, mandates AI-integrated learning approaches across secondary schools, including AI-powered personalised learning tools. The ICT C3 curriculum for Years 7-11 incorporates computational thinking, digital citizenship, coding, and AI exposure. The government is distributing approximately 14,000 laptops to secondary students in Years 7-9 under the One Device Per Child programme, co-financed by national and EU funds at a cost of €54 million. Teacher training is underway to build capacity for digital and AI-integrated instruction as part of the strategy’s implementation.
Who it affects: All secondary school students in Years 7-11 in Malta are subject to the ICT C3 curriculum. Students in Years 7-9 will receive a personal device under the One Device Per Child programme. Teachers across secondary schools are targeted by the digital capacity building component.
What is notably missing: The strategy mandates AI-integrated pedagogy rather than AI literacy as a discrete curriculum subject. The ICT C3 curriculum includes AI exposure but does not constitute a standalone AI literacy programme. Teacher training is framed as capacity building rather than a prerequisite mandate before classroom AI deployment. No ethics component is separately mandated within the curriculum description. The strategy does not create workforce training obligations for adults outside the school system.