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AI for Youth — AADF and Intel's AI Curriculum for Albanian High Schools

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AADF and Intel's AI for Youth programme is building 22 AI labs and training 140 ICT teachers on Intel's curriculum across 30 Albanian high schools in 11 cities, backed by a $4.93m budget, aiming to reach 2,000 students by the end of 2026.

30 schools
Target high schools by end of 2026 (target, end of 2026)
11 cities
Cities covered (target, end of 2026)
4.93 USD million
Committed budget (programme total)
140 teachers
ICT teachers to be trained (target)
22 labs
AI labs to be constructed (target)
2,000 students
Target students reached (target, end of 2026)
15 schools
Initial pilot schools (confirmed November 2023)
AI for Youth — AADF and Intel's AI Curriculum for Albanian High Schools

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF); Intel
Period
2021 (MOU) – ongoing, targets set for end of 2026
Keywords
AI literacy, secondary education, teacher training, STEM, public-private partnership

Context

AI for Youth is a joint initiative of the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) and Intel that introduces artificial-intelligence education into Albanian public high schools. Piloted from an October 2021 memorandum of understanding and launched in October 2022, the programme uses Intel's AI for Youth curriculum — also deployed in more than 15 other countries — to teach students aged 13-19 the fundamentals of AI.

Results

By 2026 the programme aims to cover 30 high schools across 11 Albanian cities, having expanded from an initial 15-school phase confirmed by Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu in November 2023. AADF has committed a $4.93 million budget to train 140 ICT teachers on Intel's curriculum and to construct 22 dedicated AI labs, with a target of reaching 2,000 high-school students nationwide by the end of 2026. Neither AADF nor Albania's state news agency has yet published independent evaluation data on student learning outcomes; public reporting to date documents infrastructure build-out and enrolment targets rather than measured AI-competency gains.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k) — AADF committed budget of $4.93 million covering 22 AI labs and training for 140 ICT teachers.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — October 2021 MOU, launched October 2022, expanded from 15 to a targeted 30 schools by end of 2026.
Staffing & skills
Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) and Intel jointly run the programme; 140 ICT teachers are being trained directly on Intel's curriculum

Conditions for success

  • Uses Intel's established AI for Youth curriculum, already deployed in 15+ other countries
  • Backed by a committed $4.93m AADF budget and confirmed government support (Ministry of Education)
  • Phased expansion (15 to 30 schools) demonstrates a working scale-up model

Common failure modes

  • No independent evaluation of student AI-competency gains has been published despite the programme approaching its 2026 targets

Where it fits

Governance type
public-private partnership (foundation + Ministry of Education)
Scale
sub-national, expanding to 30 of Albania's high schools across 11 cities
Income level
upper-middle-income

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