European Commission unveils education and skills package, with AI literacy certificate for 15-year-olds planned from 2027/28
The European Commission on Thursday presented an education and skills package responding to declining basic skills, teacher shortages and the role of AI in schools. The package includes introducing an AI literacy certificate for 15-year-old students from the 2027/28 school year.
Who is affected and how
- education policymaker
- Member states must prepare to pilot the AI literacy certificate and to work toward the basic-skills targets.
- school leader
- Training and assessment in AI literacy for 15-year-olds will need to be planned.
- teacher
- The package also covers teacher shortages and teachers' competences for AI education.
- student
- Students aged 15 will be able to obtain an AI literacy certificate after the pilot.
- edtech company
- They can offer educational content for the EU's AI literacy framework.
Sources
- EU Commission package targets basic skills decline, teacher shortages and AI in schoolsinsight eu monitoring · Nov 6, 2026
- EU education and skills package to tackle declining basic skills and teacher shortageseubusiness.com · Nov 6, 2026
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