New AI course will be compulsory in all schools from January

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The extracurricular activity course “Artificial Intelligence and Information Security” will be introduced for students in grades 5–11 of pilot schools from the second quarter of the 2026/27 academic year.

From January 2027, the course is planned to be introduced in all schools; it will become mandatory and will be included in the school curriculum.

The course is aimed at developing in schoolchildren an understanding of the work of artificial intelligence and teaching them how to safely interact with AI technologies, as well as to combat Internet fraud.

MOSCOW, October 10 - RIA Novosti. A course on artificial intelligence is planned to be introduced in all schools from January 2027, the press service of the Ministry of Education told RIA Novosti.

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“Starting from the second quarter of the 2026/27 academic year, an extracurricular activity course “Artificial Intelligence and Information Security” will be introduced for students in grades 5–11 of pilot schools. All schools are planned to be covered from January 2027,” the department said.

It will become mandatory and will be included in the school curriculum, similar to “Conversations about Important Things.”

The new course is designed to give schoolchildren a holistic understanding of the work of artificial intelligence, its role in science, ecology, medicine, education and industry, as well as teach them how to safely interact with available AI technologies.

A significant part of the new school course will be devoted to combating Internet fraud, including methods using AI.

Teachers are already preparing to teach the new course. In total, 250 thousand teachers will become participants in the advanced training program “Artificial Intelligence in the Work of Teachers”.