The benefit of AI for educators and students came to life in that meeting. And while it’s clear that AI has the potential to improve education, scaling that benefit will depend on as many educators as possible having the skills to create a multiplier effect.
Across the Asia-Pacific region, knowing how to use AI is quickly becoming a skill everyone needs. Optimism is high: recent research shows 77% of educators and 79% of university students believe learners will benefit from AI. Yet a massive gap exists in formal training. Students are adopting these tools, but schools are asking for the frameworks to catch up.
To help close this gap, we are adding $10 million to the Google.org AI Opportunity Fund in Asia-Pacific to support educators, bringing our total contribution to $37 million. Since launching in 2024, the Fund — which supports AI skilling programs across the Asia-Pacific region — has already trained over 500,000 workers and 11,000 small businesses. Now, we are supporting AVPN, a network of social investors, to further scale this impact. This expansion will equip 4.7 million learners and educators across 19 countries with essential AI skills.
