Teachino — Austria's Nationwide Pilot of an AI Lesson-Planning Assistant in 36 Schools: Modest Uptake, Real Time Savings for Some, Honest Limits

Austria's Federal Ministry of Education launched the 'Schulpaket KI' in November 2023, with EUR 250,000 for pilot schools to test AI learning software with university support. One strand gave 36 pilot schools free access for one school year (2024/25) to Teachino, a data-protection-compliant AI assistant for lesson planning and material creation linked to the school timetable system WebUntis.
The Kompetenzzentrum MINT & Digitalität (K:MID) at PH Wien evaluated the pilot (final report, October 2025) with two voluntary online surveys of teachers (November 2024, n = 299; June 2025, n = 202) and interviews with 22 teachers. Participation fell by about 30% between surveys, and the authors state the results cannot be generalised to all Austrian schools.
Findings: about a third of teachers actively used Teachino (roughly 17% regularly, 15% in phases). 42% said their expectations were met (13% fully); 35% said they were not or not quite met. 25% described planning as more efficient, 27% as more idea-rich and 21% as better structured, while 49% reported no change. Gains were strongest in foreign languages (51% reported improvement) and weakest in maths and sciences (57% saw little or none). About 70% found it easy to use, but several teachers said preparation took longer than before and that onboarding courses were too complex.
Looking ahead, 29% definitely wanted to keep using it, 21% would while considering other compliant tools, 28% preferred other AI tools and 13% rejected AI use. Younger teachers (under 30) were most critical, and 58% of teachers already use general AI tools for planning. Teachers praised data protection compared with open AI systems, but flagged licence costs and uncertainty over future funding.
Why it matters: this is a rare publicly released, ministry-hosted evaluation that reports mixed and negative results. It shows that a compliant, curriculum-aligned tool can relieve some teachers, but that time savings are not automatic, uptake is uneven, and no learning outcomes were measured.

Read the full analysis: https://eeducation.at/community/ki-initiative-des-bm