Lebanon's CRDP Publishes a National AI Competency Framework for Schools

On 7 October 2025, Lebanon's Centre for Educational Research and Development (CRDP) — the public institution under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) responsible for curriculum design and teacher training — published an AI Competency Framework for Students and Teachers, developed with input from UNESCO and Lebanese University.
The framework sets out seven guiding principles for AI use in Lebanese schools: a human-centred approach, ethical and responsible use, data privacy and security, inclusivity and accessibility, continuous professional development, national 'AI sovereignty', and environmental sustainability. It calls for AI literacy to begin in early primary grades through hands-on, experiential activities rather than formal instruction, forming part of CRDP's wider Artificial Intelligence Innovation Action Plan and Lebanon's national Digital Education Strategy under CRDP president Hiam Ishak.
CRDP states that updates to the framework will go through a public consultation process before major revisions are adopted, and that the document builds on earlier UNESCO–MEHE cooperation on digital learning, including a national roundtable on 'Digital Learning in Lebanon — Challenges and Opportunities'.
As a newly published policy framework, it does not yet carry classroom outcome data: no schools have reported implementation results, and its impact will depend on funding and teacher-training capacity at a time when Lebanon's economic crisis has strained public education budgets. The framework's main substance to date is its governance and ethics content, not measured learning gains.

Read the full analysis: https://www.crdp.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/AI%20Educational%20Framework.pdf