OpenAI announces Singapore joins the Education National Team, with 8 countries already collaborating

OpenAI announced Singapore’s official joining of the “Education for Countries” program at the Education World Forum in London, and for the first time released the first batch of hands-on results from eight countries. At the same time, OpenAI also previewed the upcoming launch of the “Luminaries” teacher training co-creation program, and is currently selecting the next group of national partner countries.
(Background: Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs personally installed a “little lobster”: an 8GB Raspberry Pi running for three months—he said he didn’t dare to turn it off.)
(Additional context: The release of ChatGPT learning mode—tutoring’s twilight, or the dawn of a golden age of education?)

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• Eight countries showcase AI education report cards
• Singapore’s “Luminaries” teacher training program coming soon
• Frequently Asked Questions

Nine hundred million people use ChatGPT every week, and 4 million people use the Codex coding development tools—but most countries’ education systems are still watching from the sidelines. OpenAI calls this gap “capability overhang,” and “Education for Countries,” launched in Davos this January, is the plan designed to fill that gap. At the Education World Forum in London, OpenAI officially welcomed Singapore to join, while also showing real-world data from the first eight countries.

The program’s core aim is to conduct research using OpenAI’s “Learning Effectiveness Measurement Suite,” to provide localized ChatGPT Edu and Codex tools, and to carry out large-scale teacher training and certification. It sounds like a standard corporate promotion playbook.

Eight countries showcase AI education report cards

The first batch of countries includes Estonia, Greece, Italy CRUI (Conference of University Presidents), Slovakia, Trinidad and Tobago, Kazakhstan, the UAE, and Jordan. After a few months, several sets of data stand out:

• Jordan: More than 1 million students and 100,000 teachers have activated the AI teaching assistant “Siraj,” led by the National Future Technology Committee—making it the largest country by scale in the entire program.
• Kazakhstan: ChatGPT Edu is rolled out across 20 administrative regions nationwide. 84,000 teachers have completed AI readiness training, and 90% of respondents said it was “helpful for their work.” In the first month, 44,000 active teachers sent a total of 1.5 million prompts.
• Slovakia: A university survey shows that more than 90% of teachers report increased productivity, saving about 5 hours per week on average. The Ministry of Education team also used Workspace Agents to draft revisions to teacher professional standards, compressing work that originally took months into just a few hours.
• Estonia: In cooperation with the Ministry of Education through the AI Leap Foundation, ChatGPT Edu covers more than 20,000 students and 4,600 teachers. OpenAI is also working with Tartu University and Stanford to track the learning outcomes of 20,000 students. A Codex hackathon hosted by the Presidential Office drew more than 150 participants, forming about 30 teams to build classroom tools.
• Greece: An AI startup accelerator selected 21 AI-native startups from 240 applications, aiming to retain talent and turn national ambitions into new companies.

AI Leap COO Laura Kalda said, “We believe that the next generation of AI—including tools like Agents and Codex—can support more personalized, more proactive learning, while still strengthening critical thinking, independent learning, and the role of teachers.”

Singapore’s “Luminaries” teacher training program coming soon

Singapore’s education system ranks among the top globally, and the younger generation are already heavy users of AI. Among the 18 to 24 age group in the new country, 43% of ChatGPT usage is directly related to learning and education.

OpenAI will collaborate with Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and GovTech to support personalized learning scenarios—such as letting students learn their mother tongue in a more interactive way.

OpenAI will also set up a Singapore-dedicated branch of the OpenAI Academy locally, and will host a “Codex for Teachers” hackathon to ensure that the application of AI tools is teacher-led and built on responsible foundations.

In addition to adding more countries, OpenAI also previewed the upcoming “Luminaries” program—an educator-centered co-creation mechanism focusing on developing practical classroom resources and sharing cross-national teacher experiences. The next batch of national partner countries is currently being selected, and is expected to be announced within the year—but Taiwan probably won’t be involved.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which countries are included in the OpenAI Education for Countries program?

The first eight countries are Estonia, Greece, Italy CRUI, Slovakia, Trinidad and Tobago, Kazakhstan, the UAE, and Jordan, and Singapore is the newest member. The next batch of partner countries is expected to be announced by 2026.

What are the real-world results of ChatGPT Edu in each country?

In Kazakhstan, among 84,000 teachers, 90% believe ChatGPT Edu is useful for their work; in the first month, 1.5 million prompts were sent. In Slovakia, 90% of teachers reported saving about 5 hours per week. In Jordan, more than 1 million students and 100,000 teachers are already online.