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ZBADAI — Poland's National AI Research-Skills Programme for 200 Schools

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Poland's Copernicus Science Centre and Ministry of National Education are running ZBADAI, training 930 teachers and 13,000 students across 200 schools to conduct AI-assisted research projects and use AI tools consciously, with lesson scenarios shared nationally.

ZBADAI — Poland's National AI Research-Skills Programme for 200 Schools

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Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Centrum Nauki Kopernik (Copernicus Science Centre)
Period
2026 – June 2028
Keywords
education, AI literacy, teacher training, research skills, STEM

Context

ZBADAI ('badAI') is an educational project run by Warsaw's Centrum Nauki Kopernik (Copernicus Science Centre) and financed by Poland's Minister of National Education. It pairs 100 primary schools (grades VI-VIII, joining 2026/2027) with 100 upper-secondary schools (joining 2027/2028), running through June 2028.

Results

Each participating school forms a research group of two teachers and at least 15 students, who carry out interdisciplinary research projects using AI tools to formulate research questions, investigate, verify claims and draw conclusions. Teachers complete a dedicated AI course and receive ready-made lesson scenarios and expert assistance from the Copernicus Science Centre.

Conclusions

As a programme only beginning its first school-year cohort in autumn 2026, no learning-outcome results yet exist. Lesson scenarios produced are distributed via Poland's Integrated Educational Platform to an estimated 6 million potential users nationwide.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Centrum Nauki Kopernik (Copernicus Science Centre), Poland's Ministry of National Education, two teachers and 15+ students per participating school

Conditions for success

  • dedicated AI course for teachers with ready-made lesson scenarios
  • schools must provide wireless internet, dedicated project space and ~20 hours of extracurricular time

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National / regional programmes Erasmus+

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