In April 2026 Brazil’s Ministry of Education (MEC) opened enrolments for a free 60-hour online course on digital innovation in schools covering AI, Canva Education, and Google Forms, aligned with the BNCC (National Common Core Curriculum) and recent guidelines on the use of technology in basic education. In parallel, MEC is expanding the “Aprenda Mais” platform with 22 new free online courses and certified delivery, including AI-focused courses totalling more than 55,000 places (20-40 hour durations). Separately, the National Education Council (CNE) is preparing an instruction manual on AI use in schools and universities scheduled to enter public consultation with MEC backing. MEC also launched MEC Livros, MEC Idiomas and MEC Enem — a platform with AI-powered essay corrections for the national Enem exam. Taken together the announcements form a federally funded package for teacher AI upskilling and public-access AI literacy resources.
Who it affects: Brazilian basic-education teachers enrolling in the 60-hour course; ~55,000 learners on Aprenda Mais AI modules; students using MEC Livros, MEC Idiomas and MEC Enem platforms; CNE consultation participants.
What is notably missing: The 60-hour teacher course is voluntary rather than mandatory before classroom AI deployment. The CNE manual is still at consultation stage. Course content partly relies on US corporate platforms (Canva, Google Forms) which raises pedagogical neutrality questions similar to Singapore NTU and UK Skills Boost. Scale of Aprenda Mais places (~55,000) is modest relative to Brazil’s ~2 million basic-education teachers. No assessment standard for “AI-ready teacher” is defined.