AI Competency Framework for Students

Artificial intelligence is increasingly integral to our lives, necessitating proactive education systems to prepare students as responsible users and co-creators of AI. Integrating AI learning objectives into official school curricula is crucial for students globally to engage with AI safely and meaningfully.

The UNESCO AI Competency Framework for Students aims to help educators in this integration, outlining 12 competncies across four dimensions:

- A human-centred mindset
- Ethics of AI
- AI techniques and applications
- AI system design

These competencies span three progression levels:
- Understand
- Apply
- Create The framework details curricular goals and domain-specific pedagogical methodologies.

Grounded in the vision of students as AI co-creators and responsible citizens, the publication emphasizes critical judgement of AI solutions, awareness of citizenship responsibilities in the AI era, foundational AI knowledge for lifelong learning, and inclusive, sustainable AI design.