Summary
By the end of 2026, schools in the Podkarpackie voivodeship will receive a substantial regional allocation under Poland’s EU Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and the national Cyfrowy Uczeń 2025–2029 programme. Reported figures specific to Podkarpackie: 1,179 schools are to receive modern remote learning sets, and 750 facilities are to establish AI workshops — comprising 500 AI workshops in primary schools and 250 in secondary schools. A further 269 secondary schools will receive STEM workshops.
Programme Context
The allocations are channelled through two national instruments:
- The EU RRP investment C2.2.1 (“Equipping schools/institutions with appropriate ICT devices and infrastructure”), which funded STEM and AI laboratory equipment distributed to schools in 2024–2025.
- The government Cyfrowy Uczeń 2025–2029 programme (260 million PLN national budget), which supports integration, maintenance, and pedagogical use of the distributed equipment.
The Podkarpackie figures represent the regional allocation within these national frameworks, not a standalone voivodeship-level initiative. However, the scale — 750 AI workshops across 750 schools in a single voivodeship — constitutes concrete digital AI infrastructure support for schools and public institutions at the regional level.
Score Note
Dimension 14 (digital infrastructure support for schools and public institutions): the documented regional allocation of 750 AI workshops and 1,179 remote learning sets provides direct evidence of infrastructure support. Score 1 is warranted.
No AI literacy curriculum mandate exists at the Podkarpackie level (dimensions 1–5 remain 0); these are infrastructure and tool deployments rather than curriculum obligations.