Saudi Arabia will add 50 artificial intelligence units to its national curriculum for the 2026-2027 academic year, while updating 22 existing subjects, Education Minister Yousef Al-Benyan announced at a press conference in Riyadh.
The reforms also include a unified Education Portal and AI tools intended to reduce teachers’ administrative and operational workload. The tools are being developed through a technical experiment with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) and national AI company Humain, according to the announcement.
The new measures build on Saudi Arabia’s national AI curriculum launched in August 2025, which introduced age-appropriate modules from elementary school through university and reached around six million students nationwide.
The Ministry of Education and SDAIA have also issued guidance on the ethical and responsible use of generative AI in general education. Separately, more than 240,000 teachers are being trained through the Human Capability Development Program, with 60,000 trained over the past year.
The wider education package includes a new General Education Law, revised attendance rules and a ban on teachers teaching subjects outside their specialisations. More than 37,500 educational and administrative staff are also expected to be promoted next month.
Source: Middle East AI News
