Spain's INTEF updates its guide to AI in schools
Spain's national institute for educational technology has published a second version of its AI guide for schools. It adds a template for pupils to declare how they used AI in their work. The guide is advice, not law.
Spain's National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) published a new version of its guide on AI in education on 8 September 2026.
INTEF is part of Spain's education ministry. Its announcement, in Spanish, says the update responds to how fast the technology is changing. The guide is organised around three groups: pupils, teachers and schools. INTEF officially launched it in a live webinar on 5 October.
The new version puts more weight on AI literacy for pupils. It also covers privacy, fairness, academic honesty and the effect of AI on the environment and on pupils' wellbeing. The English edition adds three practical tools. They are sample learning activities for different stages of schooling, a template for pupils to declare how they used AI in a task and a questionnaire that helps pupils reflect on their use of AI.
The guide says teachers should set clear conditions for using AI in each task and ask pupils for a declaration. It says this builds trust and reduces misuse.
The guide also notes that under Spanish data protection law, children cannot consent on their own to the use of their personal data until they are 14. On marking, it says the EU AI Act treats AI that assesses learning as high risk. Such use is allowed but brings extra duties for whoever uses the system.
For teachers in Spain, the guide is advice. It does not change the curriculum or the law. The education ministry had said in a June press release that the update would come at the start of the 2026/27 school year. INTEF has not said how many schools use the guide or whether regional governments will adopt it.
Sources
- INTEF Actualización de la «Guía sobre el uso de la inteligencia artificial en el ámbito educativo» (in Spanish)
- INTEF Guide on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education, version 2.0 (PDF)
- Ministerio de Educación, Formación Profesional y Deportes El secretario de Estado ensalza el valor de lo humano y del profesorado en unas jornadas sobre Inteligencia Artificial (29 June 2026, in Spanish)