Artificial intelligence in school teaching as of 1 September

Brnabic said that as early as the first grade, children are introduced to algorithmic thinking and she recalled that in 2017 programming became an obligatory subject since the fifth grade of elementary school. Since 2017 we have started with the introduction of digital textbooks and digital classrooms and the plan is to fully digitise all our schools and the educational system by the end of 2022, the Prime Minister stated. She noted that retraining of employees for the field of IT is an excellent example of how the state takes care of the digital literacy of the people of all ages and added that until now over 2,000 candidates underwent the retraining and that this process is ongoing. Speaking about the digital connectedness, the Prime Minister explained that the goal is to provide broadband network for 99 percent of households in Serbia by 2025. According to her, over the past five years Serbia achieved an incredible success in the field of digital transformation of the government.