TIRANA, December 11/ATA/ There has got underway the second phase of the project for extension of the artificial intelligence laboratories in the schools, for young people from 13-19 years old. From the “Ismail Qemali” high school, where she saw closely the projects carried out by the students in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Minister of Education and Sports Ogerta Manastirliu said that the focus of the work of the Ministry of Education and Sports will be the expansion of students’ knowledge in the field of technology, innovation and artificial intelligence.
“The artificial intelligence project aims to include more than 2,000 students and 140 teachers, to increase capacities and guide intelligent solutions through these programs,” said Minister Manastirliu.
Speaking about investments in technology laboratories in schools, Minister Manastirliu said: “We will continue with investments in 216 Smart laboratories for 2024, and starting from 2025, we will have the extension of these laboratories to 650 more schools, which will make it possible for digital education to become part of the curriculum and daily learning of children from an early age, but also to develop critical thinking.”
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the “Ismail Qemali” high school is part of the “AI for Youth” project, where nine schools are included in the first page and the project is currently being extended to 15 other schools.
The project of artificial intelligence laboratories for young people is being implemented in context of the policies of the Albanian government, the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) and Intel Corporation Inc., and from it benefit students of the age group from 13-19 years old./r.e/p.s./
