The Ministry of Schools and Education of Nordrhein-Westfalen is rolling out the AI chatbot “telli” free of charge to all teachers in the state during the 2025/26 school year and runs the KIMADU pilot (“KI in Mathematik und Deutsch”) which has been operating in 25 secondary schools across all five administrative districts since February 2025. Curriculum frameworks for the gymnasium upper levels are being revised during 2025/26 to incorporate AI considerations, and the state offers a supplementary vocational qualification in “Artificial Intelligence in Vocational Education.” NRW also led the drafting of a Kultusministerkonferenz recommendation on the critical-constructive use of AI in schools.
Who it affects: Teachers across NRW state schools (telli access), 25 KIMADU pilot schools, and vocational college students taking the AI supplementary qualification.
What is notably missing: None of the elements are binding curriculum mandates; the upper-level framework revision is in progress, the pilot is opt-in, and the vocational qualification is supplementary. There is no statutory funding figure attached, and no enforcement mechanism for AI literacy at the state level.