Introducing Edu for Countries

技术史表明，最大的经济收益往往不是单纯来自发明本身，而是来自把新能力推广为规模化、日常可用的工具。尽管 AI 能力在提升，我们仍然看到一个日益扩大的“ capability overhang ”——即 AI 工具能做的事与人们实际如何使用它们之间的差距。

教育体系是弥合这一差距的关键通道。研究预测，到 2030 年，近 40% 的核心技能将发生变化，主要由 AI 推动。把 AI 工具、培训和研究嵌入学校与大学的基础设施，可以让教育体系随着这些变化演进，更好地为学生在 AI 环绕的世界中生存与发展做准备。

为此，我们推出了作为“ OpenAI for Countries ”项目新支柱的“ OpenAI 的 Education for Countries ”。我们将与各国政府和大学联盟合作，把 AI 引入教育系统，以个性化学习、减轻行政负担并为学生就业做准备。与教育部、合作伙伴、大学和研究者协同，该计划包含若干核心要素：

• 学习用 AI 工具：提供对 ChatGPT Edu 、 GPT‑5.2 、 study mode 和 canvas 的接入，这些工具可定制以支持各国的本地教育优先事项。
• 学习成效研究：开展大规模的国家级研究，评估 AI 如何支持学习、影响教师生产力，并为地方政策、职业发展与未来技术设计提供依据。
• OpenAI 认证与培训：与教育主管部门和体系定制培训，从 OpenAI Academy 到基于 ChatGPT 的认证，向教师与学生提供与国家劳动力需求相匹配的实用 AI 技能。
• 全球伙伴网络：建立由政府、研究者和教育领袖组成的网络，分享经验、展示成功案例，并共同推进教育领域负责任的 AI 应用。

我们的首批伙伴包括爱沙尼亚、希腊、意大利大学校长会议（ CRUI ）、约旦、哈萨克斯坦、斯洛伐克、特立尼达和多巴哥以及阿拉伯联合酋长国。

像 ChatGPT Edu 这样的工具已在爱沙尼亚实现全国部署，覆盖公立大学和中学，首年就触达了 3 万多名学生、教师与研究人员。长期追踪研究也在开展中，例如与 University of Tartu 和 Stanford 合作的一项大规模研究，旨在随时间观察 AI 对 2 万名学生学习成效的影响。

大规模推广通常采取分阶段推进：先为教师配备工具与培训，使他们在课堂中引领 AI 的使用；在高等教育中， ChatGPT Edu 已对学生开放；在高中，则通过与地方领导密切合作的小规模试点逐步放开，确保安全性并与本地课程相符。与此同时， OpenAI 正在加强对青少年用户的保护措施，包括改进模型的年龄适应行为，并与像 Common Sense Media 这样的可信合作伙伴一起为教师开发 AI 素养内容。

“我们认为教育中的 AI 应该增强学生如何学习，而不仅仅是他们知道什么。与 OpenAI 的合作支持了我们的全国性 AI Leap 计划——响应 President Alar Karis 呼吁‘不要用得最多，而要用得最聪明’的倡议，旨在为每一位教师和高中生提供同等的、专为学习设计的 AI 工具。我们正在研究 AI 在课堂中的利弊，以确保它真正支持学习。” —— Ivo Visak ， AI Leap 首席执行官

确保 AI 的益处惠及所有人是 OpenAI 的使命。我们致力于构建能帮助人们解决难题的 AI，通过推动更多科学发现、更好的医疗与教育以及更高的生产力，让尽可能多的人受益。我们相信，强大的技术应当扩大机会，而不是把人排除在外。

“ OpenAI 的 Education for Countries ”既延续了这一使命，也与我们通过 OpenAI Certifications 推动 AI 扩大经济机会的工作相辅相成——这些认证帮助个人建立基础 AI 技能，并向雇主传达他们在工作中有效使用 AI 的能力。该项目也补充了我们在教育与学习方面的持续投入，如促进高校间 AI 与学习研究的 NextGenAI 项目，以及改善教育中 AI 使用体验的产品（例如 ChatGPT Edu 和 study mode ）与支持教师主导 AI 采纳的合作（例如与美国的 American Federation of Teachers ）。

我们将在 2026 年晚些时候公布下一批合作国家。如想了解如何加入，请联系我们的团队。

The history of technology suggests that the biggest economic gains come not from invention alone, but from turning new capabilities into scaled, everyday use. But even as AI capabilities have improved, we see a widening “capability overhang,” defined as the gap between what AI tools can do and how people are using them.

Education systems are a critical route through which this gap is closed. Studies⁠ project that by 2030 nearly 40% of the core skills workers rely on today will change, driven largely by AI. By embedding AI tools, training, and research into the core infrastructure of schools and universities, education systems can evolve alongside these shifts and better prepare students to thrive in a world with AI. 

OpenAI’s Education for Countries 

It is for this purpose that we are launching OpenAI’s Education for Countries as a new pillar of our OpenAI for Countries initiative. We will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems to personalize learning, reduce administrative burden, and prepare students for the workforce. Working with Ministries of Education, partners, universities and researchers, the initiative will bring together several core elements:

• AI tools for learning: Access to ChatGPT Edu⁠, GPT‑5.2, study mode, and canvas can be customized to shape how the world’s most advanced AI models are used to support local learning priorities.
• Learning outcomes research: Collaboration on large-scale, national research initiatives to understand how AI supports learning and affects teacher productivity, which can inform local policy, workforce development, and future technology design.
• OpenAI Certifications and training: Tailored training with ministries and education systems, from the OpenAI Academy⁠ to ChatGPT‑based certifications, giving educators and students the practical AI skills aligned with national workforce priorities.
• Global network of partners: A growing network of governments, researchers, and education leaders who share insights, highlight successful deployments, and help shape responsible approaches to AI in education.

Our growing work with countries globally

Our first cohort includes Estonia, Greece, Italy’s Conference of University Rectors (CRUI), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United Arab Emirates. 

AI tools like ChatGPT Edu have already been deployed nationwide in Estonia, across public universities and secondary schools, reaching more than 30,000 students, educators, and researchers in its first year. Longitudinal research partnerships are also underway, such as a large-scale study with the University of Tartu and Stanford, to measure how AI affects learning outcomes among 20,000 students over time.

As AI is introduced at scale, rollouts typically follow a phased approach, starting by equipping educators with the tools and training they need to lead AI use in classrooms. In higher education, ChatGPT Edu is already available to students. In high schools, student access begins through small pilots developed in close collaboration with local leaders, to ensure safety and alignment with local curricula. These pilots are paired with ongoing work by OpenAI to strengthen protections for young people who use ChatGPT, including age-appropriate model behavior improvements and developing AI literacy content for educators with trusted partners like Common Sense Media.

“We believe AI in education should strengthen how students learn, not just what they know. This partnership with OpenAI supports our nationwide AI Leap program, initiated by President Alar Karis’s call to use AI not the most, but the smartest way, focuses on giving every teacher and high school student equal access to AI tools purpose-built for learning. We’re studying both the benefits and risks of AI in classrooms to ensure it truly supports learning.”

Ensuring AI benefits everyone

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that advanced AI benefits everyone. We're building AI to help people solve hard problems because by helping with the hard problems, AI can benefit the most people possible—through more scientific discoveries, better healthcare and education, and improved productivity. This work reflects a simple belief: powerful technologies should expand opportunity for all, not exclude people from it.

OpenAI’s Education for Countries builds on this mission, as well as our work to ensure AI expands economic opportunity with OpenAI Certifications, which help individuals build foundational AI skills and give clear signals to employers about their ability to use AI effectively at work.

The program also represents a step forward in OpenAI’s ongoing commitment to supporting learning with AI—complementing programs like NextGenAI to accelerate research on AI and learning across universities, products to enhance how AI is used in education like ChatGPT Edu and study mode, and partnerships to support teacher-led AI adoption like with the American Federation of Teachers in the United States.

Our next cohort will be announced later in 2026. To learn more about how to join, contact our team.

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