Norway severely curtails AI use in elementary school

Source: Bangkok Post
Published on: 2026-06-19 15:20

PM says technology increases risk that young children will skip important steps in their education OSLO - Norway ⁠is ⁠imposing a near-total ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils, while also restricting the technology's use in the education of older children to prevent a negative impact on learning, the country's prime minister said on Friday. Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from ⁠schools and has given teachers back more powers to enforce discipline in the classroom. Using artificial intelligence increases the risk that young children skip important steps in their education, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a press conference on Friday. "The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, ⁠write and do mathematics," Stoere said, adding that the new standards will be imposed f...

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