OpenAI Expands 'Education for Countries' Program — Singapore Joins, OpenAI Luminaries Educator Program Launched at Education World Forum

At the Education World Forum in London on May 20, 2026, OpenAI announced the expansion of its 'Education for Countries' program with Singapore's Ministry of Education and GovTech as the newest member, joining the first cohort of Estonia, Greece, Italy's CRUI, Slovakia, Trinidad & Tobago, Kazakhstan, UAE, and Jordan. The program provides participating governments with dedicated AI infrastructure, training, and research partnerships to build AI into national education systems in culturally appropriate ways. Singapore's focus areas include personalized mother tongue language learning and AI literacy integration. OpenAI also unveiled 'OpenAI Luminaries' — a new educator co-design track enabling teachers from program countries to become co-creators of practical classroom resources and help shape how AI tools are deployed in their national contexts. The Education for Countries program has collectively served millions of students across participating nations and represents a shift from unilateral AI deployment toward sovereign, government-led AI education integration. Progress reports from the first cohort showed measurable improvements in student engagement and teacher confidence with AI tools.