Angola’s Ministry of Education is piloting AI tools in 10 primary schools across all 10 provinces under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2024 with the Digital School of the United Arab Emirates. The pilot’s initial phase focuses on training teachers and school administrators to use AI technology before student-facing deployment, explicitly positioning teachers as central to the process. The goal is to support educators with AI tools, not replace them. The UAE-origin digital school platform provides the AI infrastructure and initial training content.
Who it affects: Teachers and administrators in the 10 pilot schools, and subsequently primary school students in those schools. The programme is designed as a proof-of-concept ahead of potential broader national rollout.
What is notably missing: The pilot covers 10 schools in a country with thousands of primary schools — it is not a national curriculum mandate. No binding legal requirement compels AI literacy in schools. Teacher training in the pilot is programme-specific and not connected to any national professional development standard. There is no dedicated public funding beyond the UAE partnership agreement, and no commitment to scale has been announced.