On 21 February 2026, I ran AI readiness workshops with school leaders at Cambridge International Schools Day in Accra, Ghana. Twenty-four schools completed an AI Readiness Framework, a self-assessment tool that scores schools across five dimensions of AI preparedness. Twenty-eight responses were collected in total, as several schools had more than one participant complete the assessment.
The results tell a clear story. Schools are investing in hardware and tools. They are not investing in the governance and policy structures needed to use them well.
