Yandex builds first federal AI course for 250,000 Russian teachers
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On August 26 the Russian Ministry of Education, Ministry of Digital Development, and State University of Education announced a free 36-hour online course 'Искусственный интеллект в работе учителя' developed by Yandex, opening enrollment on Gosuslugi from September 1 and targeting 250,000 teachers (about a quarter of the country's teachers) by year-end.
Why it matters
First federal-scale teacher upskilling program in Russia built around a domestic lab's AI tools; positions YandexGPT and Alice AI as default AI assistants for public-school instruction nationwide.
Importance: 3/5
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