Implemented from October 2025 to March 2026, the “AI for Teachers” project trained 160,507 educators who successfully completed the training criteria, with 135,560 already having received certificates. The initiative was delivered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with Microsoft Thailand, OBEC (Office of the Basic Education Commission), OVEC (Office of Vocational Education Commission), IPST (Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology), and ETDA (Electronic Transactions Development Agency).
The programme explicitly emphasised ethical and responsible integration of AI into teaching practices, alongside practical skills such as lesson planning, classroom materials creation, and feedback tools. The reach extended to 3,326,065 students across primary, secondary, and vocational education. A post-programme survey found 67.2% of 1,414 educators surveyed were actively using AI in classrooms, saving an average of four hours per week.
This represents the largest teacher AI upskilling effort in Thailand’s history, significantly exceeding the original target of 150,000. While the training was not mandated by binding law and focused specifically on teachers rather than all civil servants, the scale and multi-agency design signals a de facto national rollout that materially strengthens dimension 4 (teacher training delivered at scale, though not yet legislatively mandated with a defined standard).