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Djibouti Trains Its First Cohort of AI-Literate Pedagogical Inspectors With IGEN, the OIF and the University of Djibouti

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Djibouti's education inspectorate, the OIF and the University of Djibouti trained 42 pedagogical inspectors and counsellors in AI over seven sessions (Oct 2025–Jan 2026), producing AI-assisted lesson plans, assessment grids and a draft ministry ethics charter for AI use.

42
Pedagogical inspectors and counsellors trained (October 2025 - January 2026)
7
Training sessions delivered
200
Planned additional counsellors for next phase
~40 %
Primary schools with internet access (2024)
~50 %
Secondary schools with internet access (2024)
Djibouti Trains Its First Cohort of AI-Literate Pedagogical Inspectors With IGEN, the OIF and the University of Djibouti

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Inspectorat Général de l'Éducation Nationale (IGEN) / Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFOP), with the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF/CREFA) and the University of Djibouti
Period
October 2025 – January 2026
Keywords
K-12 education, education administration and supervision, teacher/inspector professional development, AI literacy

Context

Djibouti's Ministry of National Education and Professional Training (MENFOP), through its General Inspectorate of National Education (IGEN), partnered with the International Organisation of La Francophonie's Regional Francophone Centre for Africa (OIF/CREFA) and the University of Djibouti to train the country's first cohort of AI-literate pedagogical inspectors and counsellors.

Objectives

Seven intensive sessions ran from October 2025 to January 2026, led by Dr Houssein Ahmed Assowe, director of the University of Djibouti's Research Centre in Mathematics and Digital Sciences, combining theoretical instruction, case studies and hands-on workshops on integrating AI into pedagogical supervision, teacher training and institutional decision-making.

Activities

By the closing ceremony on 25 January 2026, held at the CREFA/OIF headquarters in Djibouti City, 42 inspectors and pedagogical counsellors had completed the programme, producing AI-assisted lesson plans, automated assessment grids, multimedia teaching resources and a draft ethical charter for AI use within the Ministry, and presenting seven discipline-specific implementation projects at the closing session.

Results

Organisers announced plans to extend training to 200 additional pedagogical counsellors and to establish a dedicated AI expertise cell within the Ministry, though as of 2024 only around 40% of Djibouti's primary schools and 50% of secondary schools had internet access.

Conclusions

The programme explicitly frames AI as a lever to serve pedagogy rather than replace it, underscoring that this is an early-stage capacity-building effort rather than a technology rollout at scale.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No budget figures published; delivered through an existing inspectorate/OIF/university partnership rather than a new procurement.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Seven sessions from October 2025 to January 2026; closing ceremony 25 January 2026.
Staffing & skills
Dr Houssein Ahmed Assowe, University of Djibouti, IGEN/MENFOP inspectorate staff, OIF/CREFA facilitators

Conditions for success

  • Partnership combining a national inspectorate, an international Francophonie body and a university research centre
  • Concrete produced outputs (lesson plans, assessment grids, draft ethics charter) rather than training alone

Common failure modes

  • Only around 40-50% of Djibouti's schools had internet access as of 2024, constraining eventual classroom rollout
  • First cohort of only 42 trainees against a national school system, with the 200-person expansion still an announced intention

Where it fits

Governance type
national ministry inspectorate partnered with an international Francophonie body and a university
Scale
42 trainees nationally, first cohort
Income level
low-income

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