Nepal’s AI Future Must Begin With Better Learning

Nepal Government’s focus on preparing for an AI-driven future is clearly reflected in the budget for fiscal year 2026-27. The ambition is timely, necessary, and high, with a focus on computational thinking, AI-relevant subjects, AI research fellowships, school AI-readiness assessments, and the country’s first Sovereign AI Computing Center. Countries like Singapore, Thailand, and India in Asia have already started leveraging AI in education and child development, so it is refreshing to see Nepal focus on a rapidly increasing global wave of AI as well. But the question is not whether Nepal can create and build AI infrastructure, it is whether our classrooms are preparing children to use, question, and shape that technology.