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AI-Ability — Princess Sumaya University for Technology's National AI-Literacy Camp for Jordanian School Students

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Princess Sumaya University for Technology runs AI-Ability, an annual national AI-literacy camp whose 4th edition (May 2025) trained 1,000 Jordanian school students from 200 schools nationwide, alongside a student AI hackathon.

1,000
Students reached, 4th edition (May 2025)
200
Schools represented, 4th edition (May 2025)
1,000+
Cumulative students trained since 2021 (2021-2025)
4
Editions held (2021-2025)
AI-Ability — Princess Sumaya University for Technology's National AI-Literacy Camp for Jordanian School Students

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT)
Period
2021–2025 (annual, 4th edition May 2025)
Keywords
AI literacy, secondary education, university outreach, volunteer-led

Context

Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) in Amman runs AI-Ability, a national outreach initiative that has delivered foundational data-science and AI knowledge to Jordanian school students every year since its 2021 launch.

Objectives

Build AI literacy among students in grades 8-12 (with some participation from grades 4-7) from both public and private schools nationwide.

Activities

The program is delivered through two flagship activities: the 'AI Around Us' workshop, which emphasizes ethical and responsible AI use, and the 'AI Sparks' hackathon, in which student teams turn ideas into prototype solutions. Events are organized and delivered by PSUT student, faculty and administrative volunteers rather than paid staff.

Results

The initiative's fourth edition ran as a two-day national camp on 16-17 May 2025, reaching 1,000 students from 200 schools across Jordan's governorates - reported by the university and independent Jordanian media as one of the country's largest school-level AI-literacy events. Since 2021 the cumulative reach across all editions has surpassed 1,000 students.

Conclusions

Available reporting covers participation scale, workshop content and organizational structure; no independent assessment of students' AI-literacy gains or downstream academic/career outcomes has been published, and the program does not include a distinct teacher-training component.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Delivered by unpaid PSUT student, faculty and administrative volunteers; no budget figure disclosed
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Annual national camp since 2021; 4th edition held 16-17 May 2025
Staffing & skills
Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) - organiser, PSUT student, faculty and administrative volunteers - unpaid deliverers

Conditions for success

  • Annual recurring cadence since 2021 building institutional experience
  • Volunteer delivery model (student, faculty and admin volunteers) rather than paid staff, lowering running cost
  • A two-track format (ethics-focused workshop plus hackathon) combining literacy content with applied practice

Common failure modes

  • No independent assessment of students' AI-literacy gains or downstream academic/career outcomes has been published
  • No distinct teacher-training component

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