Resource library
The documents that make up the Caribbean Digital and AI Education Policy package, plus a glossary of the key terms used throughout this site.
The policy package
- Main Policy / Technical ReportMinisters, senior officials, partners, researchers
The Caribbean Digital and AI Education Policy with full context, design rationale and detailed analysis.
Understand the policy, its evidence base and how it was developed.
Key sections- Vision and objectives
- Guiding principles
- 10 domains
- Provisions
- Governance
- Implementation Roadmap and StrategyMinistry teams, partners, the RCB
The readiness-gated roadmap structuring 73 initiatives across Now, Next and Later phases.
Plan sequencing of investments and align partner support.
Key sections- Phase 1 — Foundation
- Phase 2 — Expansion
- Phase 3 — Transformation
- Dependencies
- Ministry Implementation Guide (Appendix B)Ministry officials, school leaders
Practical implementation guidance for Ministries: roles, preconditions, first 24 months, evidence of success and common barriers.
Translate policy into operating practice domain by domain.
Key sections- Per-domain guidance
- Responsibilities
- Barriers and mitigations
- Indicators
- Policy Ideation Framework (Appendix A)Policy specialists, researchers, partners
The provision-by-provision design rationale, evidence streams and Caribbean context notes for all 50 provisions.
Understand why each provision exists and how it was reasoned.
Key sections- All 50 provisions
- Ideation reasoning
- Caribbean context notes
- Evidence streams
- AI Readiness and Policy Priorities Survey (Appendix D)Researchers, partners, Ministry teams
Findings from the Stream 2 survey of Ministries on AI readiness and policy priorities.
See where Ministries report they are starting from.
Key sections- Methodology
- Findings
- Implications for policy
- Sample Cabinet Memorandum (Appendix C)Ministers, Permanent Secretaries
A template Cabinet Memorandum that Ministers can adapt to endorse the policy framework nationally.
Move from regional framework to national Cabinet adoption.
Key sections- Background
- Recommendations
- Implementation considerations
- Financial implications
Key terms and acronyms
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence — software systems that perform tasks typically requiring human reasoning, language understanding or pattern recognition.
- EMIS
- Education Management Information System — the national system that holds school, learner and staff data.
- MDRS
- Minimum Digital Readiness Standard — the baseline conditions a school must meet before digital tools are deployed at scale.
- MARS
- Minimum AI Readiness Standard — the additional conditions a school or system must meet before AI-dependent tools are deployed.
- REDPS
- Regional Education Data Protection Standard — the Caribbean data protection rules that apply to every endorsed digital or AI tool.
- RCB
- Regional Coordination Body — the Caribbean institution that maintains regional standards, the Approved Tool Registry and annual analyses.
- National Focal Point
- The senior Ministry official with explicit decision rights for digital and AI in education, who is the national counterpart to the RCB.
- Approved Tool Registry
- The public registry of digital and AI tools endorsed for use in CMSAT schools, with published rationale, conditions and review dates.
- Interoperability
- The ability of different systems and tools to exchange data and work together reliably.
- Data Sovereignty
- The principle that data generated in a jurisdiction is governed by that jurisdiction's laws and institutions.
- Safeguarding
- The set of measures that protect children and young people from harm in digital and physical learning environments.
- Readiness-Gated Implementation
- Sequencing rollout so that schools and systems advance when they meet defined readiness conditions, with targeted support for those further behind.
- CMSAT
- CARICOM Member States and Associate Territories.