£300k contracts on offer as government invites EdTech labs to build AI tutoring tools
Up to eight companies will be funded to co-design and test personalised AI tutoring tools in schools from this summer, with the programme targeting up to 450,000 pupils on free school meals.
The government has launched a competitive tender for EdTech companies and AI labs to develop AI tutoring tools for use in English schools, with the first co-design work with teachers expected to begin before the end of the summer term. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Education announced the programme on 16 April, describing it as an effort to build safe, personalised learning tools that genuinely improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils rather than simply adding another layer of technology to classrooms. Up to eight organisations will each receive