In January 2026, the local government of Bhanu Municipality (Tanahun District, Gandaki Province, Nepal) organised a hands-on artificial-intelligence training for public-school teachers, delivered in three groups of 30 for a total of 90 participants.
Education Officer Dhurba Raj Paudel led the session, and Mayor Ananda Raj Tripathi publicly framed continuing AI-related professional development as a municipal priority, arguing that teachers should lead the shift toward AI-integrated classrooms rather than be overtaken by it.
The training aimed to build teachers' practical AI skills for lesson preparation and to help them guide students toward independent, technology-supported learning, positioned as preparation for an AI-shaped labour market.
Reporting covers only the training's delivery (participant counts and municipal statements); no pre/post skills assessment, classroom-implementation follow-up, or funding/expansion plan has been published, so this is documented here as a single, unevaluated local pilot rather than a proven model.
Read the full analysis: https://english.nepalnews.com/s/nation/ai-training-for-teachers-in-bhanu-municipality/
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