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RAISE — Jamaica's AI-Reskilling Pilot for Mathematics Teachers

Jamaica · Kingston · See the Jamaica profile · See the Kingston profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 89% 27/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Jamaica's Education Ministry and a US-based donor fund a US$100,000 pilot reskilling teachers at 20 primary and secondary schools to use AI tools for lesson planning and differentiated maths instruction, aiming to rebuild students' 'maths identity.'

100,000 USD
Pilot budget
20 schools
Schools reached

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (Jamaica) & American Friends of Jamaica
Period
March 2025–present
Keywords
teacher training, mathematics education, STEM

Context

RAISE (Reskilling Teachers Using Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education to Raise Students' Maths Identity) launched on 19 March 2025 at Jamaica's Ministry of Education in Kingston, led by Education Minister Dana Morris Dixon and American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Executive Director Caron Chung.

Activities

The pilot reaches teachers at 10 primary and 10 secondary schools across Jamaica, funded by a US$100,000 budget from AFJ donors Peter and Lisa Walker, channelled through AFJ's National STEM Center programme. It trains teachers to use AI-driven tools and strategies for lesson planning and differentiated mathematics instruction, targeting students' confidence and self-perception as capable maths learners -- their 'maths identity' -- alongside academic performance.

Conclusions

The initiative's existence and framing are independently confirmed in Jamaican press coverage separate from the government's own release, though no outcome results have been published yet; this is an early-stage pilot, not yet an evaluated one.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Jamaica Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (host), American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) -- funding and National STEM Center programme, AFJ donors Peter and Lisa Walker (funders)

Conditions for success

  • Dedicated external donor funding (US$100,000)
  • Focus on teacher upskilling before classroom rollout
  • Targeting both primary and secondary levels

Common failure modes

  • No outcome results published yet to confirm impact on maths identity or performance

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding National / regional programmes

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