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Better Prepared Suriname's Responsible-AI Teacher Training — Paramaribo

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 56% 47/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Suriname's Better Prepared Suriname foundation and KU Leuven ran a national responsible-AI teacher-training pilot (March 2026): 180 of a 250-teacher target registered online, followed by hands-on training for 30 selected teachers, backed by the Ministry of Education.

250 teachers
Teacher target for online info session (2 March 2026)
180 teachers
Teachers registered (2 March 2026)
~130 devices
Devices logged in (2 March 2026)
30 teachers
Teachers in hands-on workshop (23 March 2026)
Better Prepared Suriname's Responsible-AI Teacher Training — Paramaribo

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Stichting Better Prepared Suriname, with KU Leuven and Suriname's Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Period
March 2026
Keywords
teacher training, AI literacy, responsible AI use, higher education partnership

Context

Stichting Better Prepared Suriname (BPS) partnered with KU Leuven's Prof. Lieve de Wachter and Suriname's Ministry of Education, Science and Culture to run a two-part national teacher-training programme on responsible classroom use of AI, framed around teaching students to use AI for deeper thinking and research rather than as a shortcut or a ban.

Activities

An online information session held during school hours on 2 March 2026, with Ministry permission, targeted 250 teachers; 180 registered and roughly 130 devices logged in. Three weeks later, on 23 March 2026, a smaller hands-on workshop trained 30 teachers selected for their commitment to share the training within their own schools.

Conclusions

Turnout for the initial session fell short of its 250-teacher target, partly attributed to device-sharing and connectivity constraints at schools. This was a short, one-off pilot — possibilities to repeat the training were only being explored afterward, with no confirmed continuation.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Stichting Better Prepared Suriname (BPS) foundation team, Prof. Lieve de Wachter, KU Leuven (AI-in-education specialist), Suriname Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (granted school-hours permission)

Conditions for success

  • Ministry permission to hold the session during school hours
  • Two-stage design: broad online info session followed by focused hands-on workshop for a smaller, committed group
  • Selecting the 30 hands-on workshop participants specifically for their commitment to cascade training within their own schools

Common failure modes

  • Registration (180) fell short of the 250-teacher target
  • Device-sharing and connectivity constraints limited full participation
  • No confirmed continuation — only 'possibilities to repeat' were being explored afterward

Where it fits

Governance type
NGO + university + ministry partnership
Scale
national single cohort
Income level
upper-middle-income

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