What happened
A UNESCO IITE analytical report (published 28 September 2026), developed with Shanghai Open University, systematically analyses 36 national, institutional, and academic teacher-AI-competency frameworks to assess their focus on AI literacy, implementation scenarios, and evaluation methodologies. It structures the analysis in four steps — aspects of teacher AI competency, implementation scenarios (strategic/tactical/operational), approaches to evaluating teacher AI competence, and recommendations for designing national frameworks — and concludes with a checklist of key elements plus recommended actions for policymakers building national teacher-AI-competency frameworks.
Why it matters
For organizations involved in education technology, workforce skilling, or national AI-literacy policy, this is the definitive comparative baseline of how countries define and assess teacher AI competence.
Action needed
For education-sector or skilling executives, use the report's framework checklist to position AI-literacy offerings against emerging national teacher-competency standards.