Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy
Find out what AES is doing regarding AI Literacy.
AI literacy is rapidly becoming a necessary skillset for our workforce to remain competitive and for Singapore to stay relevant on the world stage. At the MOE Committee of Supply (COS) debate 2026 (opens in new tab), MOE announced four pillars to strengthen students’ AI literacy:
(a) Learn about AI
(b) Learn to use AI
(c) Learn with AI
(d) Learn beyond AI
At AES, we deliberately seek opportunities to infuse AI literacy education into our curriculum. Recognising the developmental needs of different age groups, we have designed an AI literacy curriculum tailored to different levels. These learning objectives are taught either explicitly through stand-alone lessons, or infused within existing CCE/MAP lessons or other curriculum areas.
AI literacy milestones by level
Secondary 1 | Secondary 2 | Secondary 3 | Secondary 4 & 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
Students can check AI outputs to evaluate accuracy and credibility. | Students can understand the ethical considerations when using AI-generated content. | Students can understand that AI makes decisions by following rules and patterns it learns from data through algorithmic steps. | Students can understand that AI cannot replicate aspects of human intelligence. |
Students can rewrite search terms and generative AI prompts to get more relevant results. | Students can recognise that AI systems trained on biased or unrepresentative data will produce unreliable results. | ||
Students can describe the use of AI and its implications in real-world context. | Students can use AI to produce digital artefacts and to inspect and adjust the outcomes appropriately. | ||
Students can select and use appropriate AI tools to meet their learning needs. | |||
A large proportion of the AI tools that AES students are exposed to reside in the Singapore Student Learning Space (see: About AI in SLS (opens in new tab)). The AI-enabled features in SLS have additional guardrails to ensure a safe learning experience for students.
Concurrently, teachers regularly participate in professional development (PD) sessions to discuss the impact of AI on teaching and learning.
Source: Educational Technology Division, MOE