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Minister or Senior Policymaker

Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Chief Education Officers

Your decisions set the conditions for Caribbean ownership of digital and AI in education. The policy gives you a shared regional framework so national action does not happen one negotiation at a time.

Your role

Key responsibilities

  • Champion national adoption of the policy framework
  • Secure financing for readiness levelling and recurrent operating costs
  • Designate a National Focal Point with explicit decision rights
  • Maintain Cabinet-level oversight of vendor concentration and AI sovereignty risks
Start here

What to do first

  1. 01Submit a Cabinet Memorandum endorsing the policy framework
  2. 02Designate the National Focal Point
  3. 03Commit to MDRS baselining within 12 months
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What to read next

Domains
A · Education InfrastructureF · GovernanceG · EthicsH · Data Protection & SafeguardingJ · Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation
Provisions
A1 · Minimum Digital Readiness Standard (MDRS)A2 · Caribbean Education Infrastructure Levelling FundF1 · Regional Coordination Body (RCB)F2 · National Focal PointsG4 · AI sovereignty and vendor concentration monitoringH1 · Regional Education Data Protection Standard (REDPS)J1 · Readiness-gated implementation
Roadmap initiatives
RI-F01 · Establish regional and national governance arrangementsRI-A01 · Establish Minimum Digital Readiness and Minimum AI Readiness StandardsRI-A02 · Conduct national and school-level digital and AI readiness assessmentsRI-H01 · Establish Regional Education Data Protection and Child Safeguarding Standards
Useful implementation resources