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IAntioquia - Colombia's Antioquia Department Trains 5,000+ Students and 1,000 Teachers in Generative AI

Colombia · Medellin · See the Colombia profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 40% 53/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Antioquia, Colombia, with NGO Crack The Code, invests over 5.36bn pesos for 5,000+ grade 10-11 students to take an 80-hour generative-AI course, trains 1,000 teachers (20h) and 74 specialist tutors (40h), and equips 26 municipalities with laptops and refurbished computer labs.

5,000+ students
Students taking the 80-hour generative-AI course
1,000 teachers
Teachers receiving pedagogical-AI training (20h)
74 tutors
Specialist tutors receiving specialised training (40h)
5.362 billion COP
Programme investment
26
Municipalities reached
40
School sites reached
32
Institutions equipped with hardware
643 laptops
Laptops distributed
38
Computer labs upgraded

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Secretaria de Educacion de Antioquia / Crack The Code
Period
2026-
Keywords
education, digital transformation, teacher training, generative AI

Context

Announced in May 2026 in El Carmen de Viboral, 'IAntioquia - Transformación Digital Educativa' is a public-private programme run by the Antioquia department's education secretariat with the Colombian NGO Crack The Code, aimed at closing digital gaps and building AI competencies across the department's public schools.

Objectives

The programme aims to deliver an 80-hour generative-AI course to grade 10-11 students in technical-media and complementary tracks, train teachers and specialist tutors in pedagogical AI use, and equip schools with hardware to support classroom implementation.

Activities

The programme delivers an 80-hour generative-AI course to more than 5,000 grade 10-11 students; 1,000 teachers receive 20-hour pedagogical-AI training and 74 specialist tutors receive 40-hour specialised training using project-based learning and STEM methodologies, alongside equipping 32 institutions with 643 laptops, 643 headsets, 32 televisions and 38 upgraded computer labs.

Results

The department reports an investment of over 5.362 billion Colombian pesos, reaching 26 municipalities and roughly 40 school sites; both the department's own release and independent regional press report matching figures.

Conclusions

As a programme announced in May 2026, no learning-outcome or completion data has yet been published, so the figures reported here describe planned and delivered inputs such as training hours, equipment and budget rather than measured results.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k) — The department reports an investment of over 5.362 billion Colombian pesos covering training and equipment across 26 municipalities.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Announced in May 2026 as this cycle's first phase, with 80-, 20- and 40-hour training tracks rolling out but no completion data published yet.
Staffing & skills
Secretaría de Educación de Antioquia, Crack The Code — Colombian NGO delivery partner

Conditions for success

  • a public-private partnership between the departmental education secretariat and an NGO delivery partner
  • a tiered training design (80h students, 20h teachers, 40h specialist tutors)
  • matched equipment investment (laptops, headsets, televisions, upgraded computer labs) alongside training

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