The classroom has changed
Generative AI is altering the conditions under which students write, research, solve problems and prepare assignments. Caribbean schools must therefore update practice without allowing technology to define educational purpose for them.
Teacher capability first
Policy without teacher capability will remain superficial. Educators need practical experience with AI, clear examples of acceptable and unacceptable use, and professional space to redesign tasks and assessments.
Assessment redesign
Assignments that can be completed entirely through generic AI output need reconsideration. Stronger assessment may involve oral defence, staged drafts, process evidence, local data, reflection and tasks that require judgment rather than reproduction.
Equity and access
AI can widen opportunity when it offers support to learners who lack tutoring or specialist resources. It can also widen gaps where access, connectivity or digital confidence are uneven. Caribbean implementation therefore needs an equity lens.
Governance that can evolve
Institutions need policies that are clear enough to guide practice but flexible enough to change as tools develop. Periodic review, learner voice, teacher feedback and transparent decision-making should be part of the governance model.
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