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AI in Schools — Greece's National ChatGPT Edu Pilot in Secondary Education

Greece · Athens · See the Greece profile

Greece's 'AI in Schools' deploys ChatGPT Edu in 20 secondary schools via a government–OpenAI–Onassis Foundation partnership. Teachers trained Oct–Nov 2025; students from Mar 2026. Full DPIA conducted; PM's Office and Ministry jointly oversee. Evaluation due Summer 2026.

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Secondary schools in pilot
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Onassis Foundation public schools in pilot
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Model and experimental public schools in pilot
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Regional Innovation Centres launching 2025/26
AI in Schools — Greece's National ChatGPT Edu Pilot in Secondary Education

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Greek Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
Period
2025–2026
Keywords
education, AI policy, teacher development, national programme, GDPR

Context

Under Greece's Blueprint for AI Transformation, announced in November 2024 by the Special Secretariat of Foresight under the Prime Minister's Office, the Hellenic Republic, OpenAI and the Onassis Foundation launched 'AI in Schools', deploying ChatGPT Edu -- the GDPR-compliant education version of ChatGPT -- in 20 secondary schools (14 model and experimental public schools and six Onassis Foundation public schools).

Activities

The programme follows a four-phase rollout: teacher training co-designed by OpenAI and local partners (including The Tipping Point) ran October-November 2025, covering responsible AI use, pedagogical integration and classroom safety; student-facing deployment began December 2025; structured student participation expanded from March 2026; full curriculum integration is targeted for the 2026/27 academic year. Oversight is provided by a joint task force of the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Education, and the Onassis Foundation, and a Data Protection Impact Assessment was completed before launch.

Results

As of the pilot's current phase, teacher training has been completed and student-facing use has begun; independent evaluation of teaching quality and student learning outcomes is planned for Summer 2026 but had not been published as of this record. The pilot sits alongside 13 regional Innovation Centres beginning operations in 2025/26 and is co-funded through Greece 2.0, the national Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Joint government task force: Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, and Onassis Foundation, Teacher training co-designed by OpenAI and local partner The Tipping Point

Conditions for success

  • Data Protection Impact Assessment completed before launch, under EU GDPR
  • Mandatory teacher training phase precedes any student-facing deployment
  • National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics ethical guidelines (March 2025) inform classroom use

Where it fits

Governance type
national government with private-sector partnership (OpenAI, Onassis Foundation)
Scale
pilot (20 schools), part of national strategy
Income level
high-income

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