Global Scans · Education · Weekly Summary

WHAT'S NEXT?: Education will increasingly be online, just-in-time and competence-based. VR will become more mainstream in education technology. The vision of easily accessible learning will be enormously powerful and widespread in a few years. The global artificial intelligence market in the education sector will grow exponentially and post an impressive CAGR of over 39% by 2020.

• [New] Singapore confirms baseline AI skills will be compulsory for every higher-education student, regardless of course, from 2027. LinkedIn
• [New] The next phase of OpenAI's development will focus on creating personalized AGI assistants to help individuals manage daily tasks, work, learning, and exploration. X (formerly Twitter)
• China expects to fully integrate AI into its education system and significantly boost both the scale and quality of AI talent training by 2030. chinadailyhk
• The countries showing the highest vulnerability to disinformation are Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Albania, where systemic deficits in education and media freedom continue to hinder societal resilience. osis.bg
• The United Nations Children's Fund today released a report showing that nearly half, or 1.1 billion, of the world's children are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards, threatening their health, their education and their survival. UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
• Looking ahead, financial support, infrastructure planning, stronger policies, and continued education will remain important in advancing the adoption of ZETs across the United States. CALSTART
• AI is impacting every field and area of society, and nowhere is the potential for disruption greater than in education. Default
• Within a span of nine years, students in the United States will be making use of learning applications based on AI technology. Medium
• Singapore mandates all higher education students to receive baseline artificial intelligence training from 2027. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• China's national AI + Education plan is rolling out compulsory AI lessons to all elementary and middle schools from 2026-27. LinkedIn
• Youth voices are shaping education beyond 2030. Learning Planet Institute
• AI will be messing a bit with how a Data Science Course is set up in 2026, not just doing the usual theoretical learning stuff, but shifting toward AI-integrated, practical, and automation-heavy workflows. Boston Institute of Analytics
• By 2050, the new AI model for education is highly honed as well. The Great Progression: 2025-2050
• Beyond individual courses, PATH is building clearer pathways for students to turn AI learning into real job opportunities. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Generative AI is transforming the workplace faster than ever, but new research from the University of Vaasa suggests the biggest threat may not be AI itself - it's falling behind in learning how to use it. ScienceDaily

Last updated: 01 July 2026