Ministry of Education introduces subject-specific AI Apps
The Ministry of Education has announced plans to roll out subject-specific artificial intelligence (AI) applications in senior high schools (SHSs).
The initiative is expected to enhance the delivery of the new curriculum, improve learning outcomes, and equip teachers with modern digital tools, while safeguarding the ethical and cultural values of Ghana.
It is also aimed at strengthening teacher capacity, making lesson planning and assessment more efficient, and ensuring that classroom teaching remains aligned with national standards.
Supporting teachers and learners
More than 68,000 teachers and 1.4 million learners are expected to benefit from the project.
The subject-specific apps were developed collaboratively by the Ghana Education Service (GES), the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), the National Teaching Council (NTC), the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), and the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), in partnership with Playlab AI.
The project is being implemented with technical support from Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL), and funding from the Mastercard Foundation.
Unlike generic digital learning platforms, the applications have been designed using Ghana’s own curriculum materials, including teacher manuals, learner resources and frameworks that promote national values, gender equality and social inclusion.
They are intended to help teachers prepare lessons, design assessments, and share best practices, while maintaining consistency with national education standards.
According to the ministry, the subject-specific apps will be introduced through the weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) sessions organised by the GES in all 712 SHSs.
These sessions would enable teachers to collaborate, test the tools and provide feedback, ensuring that the use of AI complements, rather than replaces, teacher expertise.
To ensure quality and effectiveness, NaCCA has developed a four-phase testing process.
This will include a technical accuracy review to confirm alignment with curriculum content, an educational quality review to guarantee sound pedagogy, user experience testing in pilot schools, and regional testing to assess readiness for a nationwide rollout.
The national implementation is scheduled to begin this October 2025.
Ahead of this, over 7,800 school-based facilitators will be trained to support teachers in adopting and using the applications.
The ministry emphasised that the introduction of AI in education would remain locally led, ethically grounded, and centred on empowering teachers.
It stressed that the subject-specific apps are not intended to replace teachers, but to serve as supportive tools to enhance their capacity and improve learning outcomes for all learners.
