Russia to Train 250K Teachers in AI Use
A mathematics teacher told Echo about the difficulties that may arise with this. This academic year, a program for teachers' professional development called 'Artificial Intelligence in the Teacher's Work' will be launched for school educators.
Consensus
- A nationwide program to train teachers in using artificial intelligence is being launched in Russia.
- The program is aimed at helping teachers prepare lessons, create presentations, and develop personalized assignments.
- The initiative is supported by the Ministry of Education and will be available to all Russian teachers.
- The program will include discipline-specific scenarios for different subjects.
- Teachers are encouraged to use AI as a supportive tool rather than a replacement for their professional role.
- The program is expected to start in the 2024–2025 academic year.
Points of divergence
- The program is a federal training initiative for educators on working with neural networks, starting this autumn. — vesti
- The program will be completed by 250,000 teachers, representing a quarter of all teachers in Russia. — tg_echoonline_news
- An anonymous math teacher expressed skepticism about the feasibility of completing the course due to high workload and upcoming changes to the ЕГЭ exam. — tg_echoonline_news
- The Ministry of Education extended an experiment allowing pedagogy students to work as teachers until 2032 to address a systemic teacher shortage. — tg_echoonline_news
- The program is being introduced in September, and it is free for all Russian teachers. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Merited Teacher of the Russian Federation Spoke About AI Assistance in Lesson Preparation — Вести
- Russian teachers decided to train on working with AI. Math teacher told Echo about possible difficulties with this — ЭХО / Новости