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Day of AI Latvia — RTU Riga Business School and MIT RAISE's National AI-Literacy Day Reaches 280 Schools and 27,500 Students

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Latvia's national chapter of MIT RAISE's 'Day of AI', led by RTU Riga Business School, reached 280 schools and over 27,500 students aged 12-17 in its 17 March 2026 edition, with free curriculum-adapted lessons on how AI works and its ethical use.

280
Schools reached (17 March 2026)
27,500+
Students reached (17 March 2026)
170+
Global Day of AI countries reached
1.5 million+
Global Day of AI students reached
50,000+
Global Day of AI educators reached
Day of AI Latvia — RTU Riga Business School and MIT RAISE's National AI-Literacy Day Reaches 280 Schools and 27,500 Students

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
RTU Riga Business School / MIT RAISE / Foundation AUGT / Swedbank Latvia
Period
17 March 2026 (3rd national edition; running since 2024)
Region (NUTS)
LV00
Keywords
K-12 education, AI literacy, public-private partnership

Context

Day of AI Latvia is the Latvian national chapter of MIT RAISE's global 'Day of AI' initiative, led by RTU Riga Business School since an inaugural 2024 event, with support from Foundation AUGT, Swedbank Latvia and Code4Europe project grants.

Objectives

The programme aims to give students aged 12-17 free, curriculum-adapted lessons on how AI systems are designed, why they sometimes fail, and how to use them safely, ethically and responsibly.

Activities

The 17 March 2026 national day combined online classes with class-based practical exercises across all regions of Latvia, with top-performing teams competing for prizes.

Results

The third national edition reached 280 schools and over 27,500 students, within a global Day of AI programme that has run since 2021 across more than 170 countries, reaching over 1.5 million students and 50,000 educators.

Conclusions

Reported figures are participation counts rather than measured learning outcomes; no pre/post knowledge assessment, Latvia-specific teacher-training data or longitudinal follow-up has yet been published for the Latvian editions.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
RTU Riga Business School (national lead), MIT RAISE (global programme/materials), volunteer teachers delivering in-class exercises

Conditions for success

  • free curriculum-adapted teaching materials
  • corporate/foundation funding (Swedbank Latvia, Foundation AUGT, Code4Europe)
  • national coordination reaching schools across all regions

Common failure modes

  • no pre/post knowledge assessment published for Latvian editions
  • no teacher-training data or longitudinal follow-up reported

Where it fits

Governance type
university-led national chapter of a global NGO programme
Scale
national (one-day event)
Income level
high-income (EU)

Commonly funded by

Erasmus+ Digital Europe Programme

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