The Ministry of Education will cooperate with the American company Palantir, which develops AI tools
Kyiv • UNN
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Palantir, a global leader in artificial intelligence technology, to transform education and provide access to safe daytime education for as many children as possible.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Palantir, a global leader in software development for AI technologies, have signed a memorandum of cooperation, UNN reports with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science.
Details
The agency explains that the main goal of the cooperation is to promote quality transformations in education and provide as many children as possible with access to safe full-time education.
Palantir's technologies will allow us to apply innovative tools to create policies based on a data-driven approach that will help us make effective management decisions in the field of education. The Ministry of Education and Science is actively cooperating with Palantir and is already using the artificial intelligence technologies provided by the company. The Ministry's team has developed a methodology for assessing security risks in the education system. This is an analysis of all regions for compliance with security conditions to restore safe face-to-face education
It is noted that on the basis of zoning, community leaders, school principals, and education departments can make quality management decisions to improve the level of education in the regions and effectively arrange safe spaces for children.
Understanding the levels of risk will help the state prioritize the distribution of subventions for the repair or construction of shelters in educational institutions to reach the largest number of children, given limited resources.
Addendum
Palantir's Senior Vice President for Europe, Louis Mosley, said that the agreement reinforces Palantir's unwavering support for Ukraine. According to him, it will help reduce the number of children who have been deprived of their right to quality education due to Russian aggression, and will also strengthen the country's effective development in the long term.
In general, cooperation within the framework of the memorandum provides for:
- analysis of educational and financial data, the current model of the educational system, in order to transform Soviet-style educational institutions into modern innovative spaces based on this information;
- assess the security situation in communities in order to create all the necessary conditions for children to attend school full-time, and identify priority schools, kindergartens and communities for the construction of shelters;
- analyzing data on children's academic progress, their correlation with the security situation and other factors to further make management decisions on the further transformation of individual educational institutions and the Ukrainian education system as a whole;
- providing innovative technologies, including AI, as well as analytical tools for making effective management decisions by educational institutions, communities, local governments, and the government.
- modeling a network for maintaining ties with Ukrainian children who are forced to stay abroad through the introduction of a Ukrainian studies component in school education institutions designated by local governments.
For reference
Palantir is a global leader in data analytics software and AI technology and a provider of cloud-based solutions. By providing technological tools and analytics, the company is actively assisting Ukraine during the full-scale invasion, in particular in the areas of defense, reconstruction and humanitarian demining, and education.
Recall
In January 2024, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that 88% of schools and 93% of students and teachers in the country are currently provided with shelters. He noted that the goal is to bring this figure to almost 100%.