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UNESCO–Jamaica Teaching Council AI-in-Education Workshops for Teachers

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 56% 47/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

UNESCO's Caribbean office and the Jamaica Teaching Council trained over 400 teachers and school leaders in Montego Bay and Kingston on AI fundamentals, ethics and classroom tools, funded by the EU and Spain under Jamaica's national digital-transformation programme.

400+
Teachers, school leaders and stakeholders trained (Oct 2025)
UNESCO–Jamaica Teaching Council AI-in-Education Workshops for Teachers

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
UNESCO Office for the Caribbean & Jamaica Teaching Council
Period
Oct 2025
Keywords
teacher professional development, AI ethics, digital transformation

Context

On 10 and 17 October 2025, UNESCO's Office for the Caribbean and the Jamaica Teaching Council -- an agency of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information -- held AI-in-Education workshops in Montego Bay and Kingston, drawing over 400 teachers, school leaders and education stakeholders from across the island.

Objectives

Sessions covered the fundamentals of AI and its relevance to Jamaica's education system, ethical considerations including data privacy, equity and academic integrity, hands-on experimentation with AI tools for lesson delivery, student assessment and classroom engagement, and the development of individual action plans for school-level implementation.

Activities

The workshops were funded through the EU- and Spain-backed National SDG Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education, and were independently covered by both the Jamaica Gleaner and the Jamaica Observer; UNESCO Caribbean director Eric Falt and Jamaica Teaching Council CEO Dr Winsome Gordon both spoke at the events.

Results

Over 400 teachers, school leaders and education stakeholders attended across the two-city series -- the country's first AI-in-education workshop of this kind -- but no follow-up assessment of classroom adoption or student outcomes has been published.

Conclusions

The workshops are a one-off capacity-building input rather than a sustained coaching programme, so the evidence here is one of reach and stated intent rather than measured impact.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Funded through the EU- and Spain-backed National SDG Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education; no specific workshop budget figure is published.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — A two-part, two-city workshop series held on 10 and 17 October 2025 -- a short, discrete event rather than a sustained multi-month programme.
Staffing & skills
UNESCO Office for the Caribbean, Jamaica Teaching Council (Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information)

Conditions for success

  • EU- and Spain-backed donor funding via the National SDG Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education
  • A national teaching-regulatory body (Jamaica Teaching Council) able to convene teachers island-wide
  • Two regional hub locations (Montego Bay, Kingston) to widen geographic reach

Common failure modes

  • No follow-up assessment of classroom adoption or student outcomes has been published
  • Delivered as a one-off two-city workshop series rather than sustained coaching, limiting depth of skill transfer

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