The state’s caretaker education, innovation and talent development minister outlined the move to reporters after opening the fourth International Conference on Educational Research and Innovation at Raia Hotel in Kuching, The Borneo Post reported on Oct 28.

He said the subjects were being introduced across teacher-training institute syllabuses to help educators use the technology in their work. He also said the initiative was already being introduced in schools.

The training shortfall is an important limit on what that announcement means for classrooms: inclusion in a syllabus and a teacher’s readiness to apply it are not the same milestone. The remarks did not set out how many teachers had completed training or a date by which all schools would have trained staff.

For schools and families, this is a change in teacher preparation rather than an announcement of a new standalone AI examination for pupils. The immediate task described by the minister is to build educators’ capacity as technology is introduced, not to treat the rollout as already complete.