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Latvia's National AI in Education Programme, delivered with Riga TechGirls

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Latvia's Ministry of Education and Science launched a national AI-in-education programme on 15 April 2026 for 15 general and 5 vocational schools, with partner Riga TechGirls — a women-in-tech nonprofit — delivering AI training on a €200,000 Google.org grant.

€200,000 (approx. USD 250,000)
Google.org grant to delivery partner Riga TechGirls (2026)
15 general-education + 5 vocational-education institutions
Schools in initial programme phase (2026)
Latvia's National AI in Education Programme, delivered with Riga TechGirls

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Latvian Ministry of Education and Science and the State Education Development Agency, with Riga TechGirls (Google.org-funded)
Period
2026–2030
Region (NUTS)
LV00
Keywords
AI governance, teacher training, digital leadership, women in tech

Context

On 15 April 2026, Latvia's Ministry of Education and Science, with the State Education Development Agency, launched a national programme to integrate AI into education, aiming for Latvian students, teachers and institutional leaders to be skilled, responsible AI users by 2030. The programme covers five priority areas — AI literacy, AI as a pedagogical tool, digital leadership training for institution heads, safe and ethical AI use, and sovereign Latvian AI infrastructure — and its initial phase targets 15 general-education and 5 vocational-education institutions, with applications closing 19 June 2026. A key delivery partner, the women-in-tech nonprofit Riga TechGirls, received a €200,000 grant from Google.org to help implement the initiative, including its 'AI Essentials' course and the 'SheCanAI' reskilling programme.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Education and Science and State Education Development Agency staff, Institution heads (digital leadership training), Riga TechGirls trainers (AI Essentials, SheCanAI)

Conditions for success

  • Dedicated delivery-partner funding (Google.org grant)
  • School-level applications/buy-in (closing 19 June 2026)
  • Pedagogy-first framing rather than a technology-only rollout, per the Minister

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus Philanthropic / foundation funding

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