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E-School — Kurdistan Regional Government's AI-Enabled Smart Classroom Rollout

Iraq · Erbil · See the Iraq profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 95% 20/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

In January 2026, the Kurdistan Regional Government and Kurdistan Foundation launched 'E-School', converting 40 public schools to electronic instruction and planning 1,000 AI-enabled smart classrooms reaching nearly two million students and teachers.

40
Schools converted to electronic instruction
1,000
Planned smart classrooms (2026)
~2 million
Students and teachers targeted
E-School — Kurdistan Regional Government's AI-Enabled Smart Classroom Rollout

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Education & Kurdistan Foundation
Period
2026–ongoing (announced January 2026)
Keywords
government, K-12 education, digital infrastructure

Context

On 13 January 2026, the Kurdistan Regional Government and Kurdistan Foundation launched 'E-School' in Erbil, bringing AI-enabled digital infrastructure to public schools.

Activities

Forty public schools have switched to fully electronic instruction; the programme plans 1,000 solar-powered smart classrooms during 2026, linked through one online network intended to connect nearly two million students and teachers. The same day, Phase 3 of the 'My School' digital curriculum platform (Kurdistan Foundation-sponsored, UNICEF-supported earlier phases) extended standardised digital lessons to grades 7-9.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
KRG Ministry of Education, Kurdistan Foundation

Conditions for success

  • reaching the 1,000-classroom 2026 target
  • publishing data-protection safeguards for the AI components

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