PREPARING STUDENTS FORA FUTURE SHAPED BY AI

Across the UAE, classrooms are shifting from traditional teaching to hands-on AI exploration - and children are becoming confident navigators of a rapidly changing digital world.

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Artificial intelligence has become one of the world's most influential forces, reshaping everything from healthcare to transportation and the way we use our phones. While many countries are still debating how to adapt their education systems, the UAE has already moved full steam ahead. Inside classrooms across the Emirates, children are not just learning about AI - they are learning with it, experimenting, questioning, creating and discovering how it will shape their future careers.

This is more than a technological update. UAE schools are preparing a generation of students who understand how AI works, recognise its limitations and feel empowered to use it responsibly. For families, it signals a future where children leave school not as passive consumers of digital tools, but as confident, thoughtful problem-solvers - ready for whatever the world becomes next.

BRINGING AI INTO EVERY CLASSROOM

One of the most ambitious elements of the UAE's education strategy is happening across public schools, where the Ministry of Education (MoE) has mandated that artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a core subject in public schools across the UAE, for all students - from kindergarten through Grade 12. This makes the UAE one of the first countries in the world to embed AI literacy across all compulsory schooling.

AI lessons will be delivered within the existing “Computing, Creative Design, and Innovation” subject - meaning AI classes are not additional hours, but part of the standard timetable. What does that look like in practice?

Early years

From as young as four years old, children will be introduced to technology and AI through playful, interactive activities, stories and visual learning.

The focus here is on building digital awareness, understanding simple distinctions (machines versus humans) and encouraging curiosity - laying a foundation for later learning without technical pressure.