Cuba's Ministry of Education, the ICCP and OEI launched a national teacher-training project and the 'IA en el Aula' digital platform to build ethical, critical and pedagogical competence in generative AI, opening with a Havana workshop on 13 December 2025.
Details
Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Cuban Ministry of Education (MINED), Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences (ICCP) & Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI)
Period
2025–ongoing
Keywords
K-12, higher education, teacher professional development, generative AI, digital ethics
Context
Cuba's Ministry of Education (MINED), the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences (ICCP) and the Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI) launched a national project to build teachers' ethical and pedagogical competence with generative AI tools.
Activities
The project opened with a workshop, 'Introducción al uso ético de la Inteligencia Artificial Generativa en la práctica docente,' held in Havana on 13 December 2025. Alongside the workshop series, MINED published 'IA en el Aula,' a collaborative digital platform offering teachers curated, continuously updated resources for the ethical, critical and pedagogical use of generative AI at every education level, from primary school through university.
Conclusions
Public reporting to date describes the project's scope and stated aims but does not publish participant counts, pre/post assessments, or independent evaluation of classroom impact. Cuba's constrained internet infrastructure and device access also remain open questions for how far the platform's reach extends beyond Havana.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Cuban Ministry of Education (MINED), Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences (ICCP), Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI)
Conditions for success
Ethical-use framing embedded in a curated national teacher platform ('IA en el Aula')
Common failure modes
Cuba's constrained internet infrastructure and device access limit reach beyond Havana
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes
Indicative funding routes for practices of this type — always check each programme's current calls and eligibility rules.
Replication kit
Reusable artefacts from this practice — as published by their sources.
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