Jordan's Ministry of Education piloted Siraj, a source-citing generative-AI assistant, reaching 16,000+ teachers who used it to prep lessons and explain concepts, ahead of a planned scale-up to 90,000 teachers nationwide.
16000 teachers (16,000+)
Teachers using Siraj (pilot)
600000 interactions (600,000+)
Platform-wide interactions
90000 teachers
Planned nationwide teacher target
1.6 million students
Planned nationwide student target
Details
Promoter
Jordan Ministry of Education (with Replit and OpenAI)
Period
2025–2026 pilot; nationwide expansion planned
Keywords
K-12 education, generative AI, government technology
Context
Jordan's Ministry of Education launched Siraj, an AI-powered learning and teaching assistant built with Replit and later supported by OpenAI, described explicitly as a support tool for teachers rather than a replacement, helping with lesson preparation, concept explanation and worksheet creation with source references attached to its answers.
Activities
During its pilot phase Siraj reached more than 100,000 students and teachers combined, with over 16,000 teachers using the assistant and roughly 55,000 students generating more than 350,000 interactions, for over 600,000 platform-wide interactions in total.
Results
Following the pilot, the Ministry announced plans to expand Siraj nationwide to Jordan's public schools, targeting 1.6 million students and 90,000 teachers.
Conclusions
No independently published study of learning outcomes exists yet, since the usage and interaction figures are self-reported by the Ministry and its technology partners rather than verified by third-party research.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Jordan Ministry of Education, Replit (platform builder), OpenAI (supporting partner)
Conditions for success
Framing the tool explicitly as a support aid for teachers rather than a replacement
Attaching source references to the assistant's answers
A phased rollout from a measured pilot before committing to nationwide scale-up
Common failure modes
No independent study of learning outcomes has been published; all usage figures are self-reported by the Ministry and its technology partners
Where it fits
Governance type
national ministry
Scale
national
Income level
upper-middle-income
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Iceland gave ~300 primary/lower-secondary teachers Gemini access and ~260 upper-secondary/vocational teachers Claude.edu access in a 6-month lesson-planning pilot (Oct 2025–Apr …
