Executive summary 3

Introduction 4

1 The new context for education 7

1.1 Shifting economic landscape 7

1.2 Acceleration of technological change 8

1.3 Promises of AI in education 10

2 Risks of unstructured AI adoption 12

2.1 Cognitive atrophy 12

2.2 Hallucinations and misinformation 14

2.3 Breakdown of academic integrity 15

2.4 Erosion of human connection 16

3 Building education readiness for the age of AI 18

3.1 AI readiness framework for education 18

3.2 Principles of the framework design 19

3.3 Application of the framework 20

4 Signals of readiness for AI in education 23

4.1 Enabling foundations 24

4.2 Institutional capacities 28

4.3 Pedagogical practices 32

4.4 Learning experiences 36

Conclusion 40

Contributors 41

Endnotes 43