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The Department of Education and Youth has unveiled the new Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools, aimed at supporting teachers and school leaders in planning for AI integration in teaching and learning. It ensures AI is used safely, ethically, and appropriately.

An updated framework for the establishment and authorisation of universities and university centres has been introduced. The new requirements aim to ensure consistent quality, academic sustainability and adequate resources in newly created institutions.

Some changes have been introduced to the upper secondary education leaving exam starting from the school year 2025/2026. The oral examination, one of the test components of this leaving exam, has also been reformed.

Kids Wallet is a new parental control application which will operate within the framework of the National Strategy for the Protection of Minors from Internet Addiction.

Kids Wallet, implemented by the Ministry of Digital Governance, helps parents manage and supervise their children's presence on platforms, applications, and electronic services easily. The application offers key functions such as parental control, age verification, and digital identification.

Following an educational reform, schools are adapting their secondary education recommendations based on the primary school leavers attainment test results. This standardised test provides a clear measure of student abilities, ensuring that academic pathways are more accurately aligned with individual potential.

On the initiative of the Minister of Education, the Government of the French Community approved in the first reading the preliminary draft decree aimed at raising the pass mark to 60% for external certifying evaluations, including the Certificate of Basic Education (CEB) at the end of the 6th year of primary education.

In light of the technological development in artificial intelligence (AI), the National Agency for Education and Quality has published recommendations for the use of generative AI in instruction in primary and lower secondary school.

The purpose of the recommendations is to encourage using generative AI to support learning and teach pupils to critically reflect on its use. The National Agency, under the Ministry of Children and Education, has published the following seven recommendations:

On the 29th of August, the Council of Ministers approved a revised National Strategy for Citizenship Education as a framework for the Citizenship and Development curricular component, published in the document Essential Learning for Citizenship and Development.

The Ministry of Education and Merit (Ministero dell’istruzione e del merito – MIM) has provided schools with the Guidelines for the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in the educational institutions.

The Norwegian Government has proposed a reading boost initiative in primary and lower secondary school to improve the reading skills and the motivation for learning, prioritising printed texts.