Norway Imposes Near Ban On AI In Elementary School
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/19/2140248/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school
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> Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from schools and has given teachers back more powers to enforce discipline in the classroom. Using AI increases the risk that young children skip important steps in their education, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a press conference on Friday. "The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, write and do mathematics," Stoere said, adding that the new standards will be imposed from the new school year beginning in late August.
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> Pupils from first through seventh grade, aged 6 to 13, should as a general rule not be using AI, while those in lower secondary school, aged 14 to 16, can cautiously adopt tools under teachers' supervision, the government said. In upper secondary education, from ages 17 to 19, students should learn to use AI appropriately so that they are prepared for further education and work, it added.
In a related statement, the Norwegian government also said it would propose legislation to fund the use of more books in classrooms, reversing the trend towards computer tablets.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/
All Ages (Score:1)
All ages should not be using AI to complete work but all ages should be using AI to learn and ask questions. It's the closest thing you can get to having a 1/1 student teacher ratio on a subject. AI is also extremely broad, this ban feels similar to saying we need to prohibit internet. Obviously you should not be using the internet to complete tests but there are cases where it makes a lot of sense. But hey even a US high school degree is basically a participation trophy at this point so who are we to judge
Re:All Ages (Score:5, Interesting)
> It's the closest thing you can get to having a 1/1 student teacher ratio on a subject.
With a teacher that makes up what you want to hear.
(Sadly, that happens with live teachers, too.)
Re: All Ages (Score:2)
Have you tried getting it to challenge Econ 101 assumptions?
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As I understand it:
The Chinese AI labs employ only (very) smart Chinese people, so 100%. In all of the AI labs from the US, 35% of employees are Chinese as well.
So, if the West still wants a part in the future of the next generation and beyond, the West should look exactly how the Chinese teach their children and follow that example. As a matter of fact, we (the West) were already doing that, but let the teaching standards slip dramatically and introduce computers/tablets in their classes and now also AI on
I Agree (Score:2)
Seems both reasonable and practical.
Re: (Score:2)
No mod points, but it seems reasonable to me as well.
Good plan. (Score:2)
Those kids will be prepared when 1980 rolls around again.
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> Those kids will be prepared when 1980 rolls around again.
They should prepare for 1984 in particular.
Paul Atreides notes (Score:2)
"A poison—so subtle, so insidious so irreversible. It won't even kill you unless you stop taking it."
Discipline (Score:2, Funny)
When I was in school, that was called a beating by a nun.
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When I was in school, this song was popular. Today it would result in a SWAT call. "Glory glory hallelujah, teacher hit me with a ruler. Met her at the door with a loaded .44, teacher is no more."