Why now
AI skills are not AI governance
In 2026 surveys of Nigerian schools, almost every teacher used AI and most felt confident with it. Yet nearly half had put pupils' personal information into AI tools. Being good at using AI is not the same as using it safely. This course closes that gap.
Good at using AI
- ✓Lesson notes in minutes
- ✓Quizzes and worksheets
- ✕Pupil data typed in
- ✕Wrong answers passed on
- ✕No answer when a parent asks
Safe with AI
- ✓Knows what never goes in
- ✓Checks every output (the 4A check)
- ✓Sets clear AI rules for pupils
- ✓Reports problems the right way
- ✓Open with parents about AI
Try it
What would you do?
The course is built on real school situations, not theory. Here is one. Choose an answer to see what good practice looks like.
It's report-card week. To save time, a colleague pastes a pupil's name, class, test scores and a note about their home situation into a free AI chatbot, and asks it to write the report comment. What should happen?
By the end
Confident, careful, and able to show it
9 things you will be able to do, each one practised in the lessons and checked in the final assessment.
- ✓Explain what AI is, how generative AI works, and what it can and cannot do in a Nigerian classroom
- ✓Distinguish between AI skills and AI governance, and describe the six pillars of school AI governance
- ✓Apply the ten UNESCO principles for the ethics of AI to everyday teaching decisions
- ✓Check AI output with the 4A check, and take professional responsibility for anything produced with AI
- ✓Protect pupils' and colleagues' personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023
- ✓Recognise AI-related safeguarding risks and follow the reporting procedure
- ✓Set clear AI levels for pupils' tasks, design tasks that need pupils' own thinking, and respond fairly to suspected misuse
- ✓Be open with parents about AI, and teach pupils to use it safely and honestly
- ✓Explain your part in your school's AI governance, and commit to the staff AI acceptable use agreement
The lessons
9 lessons, about ten minutes each
Each one begins with its objectives and ends with a short check. Your notes and progress follow you on your phone and laptop. Three templates to download come with it: a Staff Code of Ethics card, an AI incident reporting form and a glossary.
- 1
Introduction: What AI Is, and Why This Course
A plain-English introduction to AI, why Nigerian schools now need rules for it, and what you will be able to do by the end.
- 2
AI Skills Are Not AI Governance
Feeling confident with AI is not the same as using it safely. Here is the gap, and why it matters.
- 3
Ethics: The Principles Behind Every AI Decision
Safeguarding has hard rules. Ethics is the judgement you use when nothing illegal is happening.
- 4
Accuracy and Accountability: You Sign It, You Own It
AI can be confidently wrong. Whatever it produces, the professional responsibility stays with you.
- 5
Pupil Data: What Never Goes Into AI
The risk that has already happened in many schools, and the simple rules that stop it.
- 6
Safeguarding and Reporting
Harmful AI content is a safeguarding matter, not a technical one. Know the route, and use it.
- 7
Academic Honesty and Over-Dependence
Parents' top priority. How to set clear AI rules for every task, and design work AI cannot simply do.
- 8
Being Open With Parents and Pupils
Parents want to be told. Pupils want to learn. What you can say, and teach, with confidence.
- 9
Putting It Into Practice: Your Commitment
How a school's AI governance fits together, your part in it, and the staff agreement you make.
Your certificate
Proof your head teacher can check
Finish the lessons, then take the assessment of situation questions. Score 85% or more and download your AFRISAGE certificate of achievement as a PDF, ready to print. Not there yet? Retake it as often as you need.
- ✓Signed and verifiable. Signed by Timi Hyacinth, PhD, Programme Director. Its own ID and QR code let anyone check it is genuine.
- ✓Lists what you learned. Every topic of the course, from pupil data and the NDPA 2023 to safeguarding, with your assessment score.
- ✓Evidence of professional development. For your file, your appraisal or your next application.
- ✓Ends with your commitment. The staff AI acceptable use commitments, in the last lesson.
ExampleWhat it is built on
Written for Nigerian schools
From real schools
2026 surveys of staff, parents and pupils in Nigerian schools: what teachers actually do with AI, and what parents expect.
From practice
Dr Timi Hyacinth's AI Governance and Ethical Practice training for Nigerian schools, and a model school AI governance framework aligned to ISO 21001.
From the standards
The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, turned into everyday classroom decisions.
For the classroom
Situations to think through, the 4A check for AI output, AI levels for pupils' tasks, and what to say to parents.
30% off for schools
Train every teacher, 30% off
For 20 to 500 teachers, a school pays ₦7,000 a teacher instead of ₦10,000. Pay once, then give each teacher a seat from a private page. Every teacher earns their own certificate, and your school pays less for the AI Governance Suite: 20% off, or half price for 50 or more teachers.
School leaders: your AI policy, charter and action plan, ready to adopt, are in the AI Governance Suite.
Already a PromptPaddi Junior school? The course comes with your subscription: sign in as a teacher to take it.
Buy for your school
₦7,000 a teacher, for 20 to 500 teachers.
What teachers ask
Is it a subscription?+
No. One payment of ₦10,000, and the course and your certificate are yours to keep.
Can my school pay for all of us?+
Yes. For 20 or more teachers it is ₦7,000 each (30% off). The school pays once and gives each teacher a seat. A PromptPaddi Junior school's teachers already have it.
Who is it for?+
Teachers, heads of department, head teachers and administrators in Nigerian primary and secondary schools. You don't need any technical knowledge: if you have used an AI chatbot, or are thinking of it, it is for you.
How long does it take?+
About two hours in all: 9 lessons of about ten minutes each, then the assessment. Go at your own pace; your progress is saved.
How do I get in after paying?+
Pay with Paystack and your course link is emailed to you straight away. Pay by bank transfer and we check the payment and email your link, usually the same day. You can install the course on your phone or laptop as an app, so it opens where you left off.
How many devices can I use?+
Two, such as your phone and your laptop. Your notes and progress are the same on both.
What if I don't reach the pass mark?+
Retake the assessment as often as you need. Score 85% or more and your certificate is ready to download.
Are there templates to download?+
Yes, from Dr Timi Hyacinth's AI governance work with Nigerian schools, as Word files to adapt and PDFs to print. Every teacher gets the Staff Code of Ethics card, the AI Incident / Concern Reporting Form and the AI Governance Glossary. For the whole school, the AI Governance Suite adds AFRISAGE's School AI Governance Framework (SAGF) kit, with over 30 policies, procedures, forms and tools, and the leadership templates (₦150,000, less for schools that buy the course for a group).
I've bought it but lost my link.+
Ask for it again at the bottom of this page, with the email you used, and we send it straight away.
Enrol
₦10,000. Once.
All 9 lessons, the assessment and your certificate, on up to two devices. Yours to keep: nothing renews.
- ✓9 lessons, about two hours in all
- ✓A verifiable certificate at 85% or more
- ✓Three templates to download
- ✓On your phone and your laptop
Training 20 or more teachers? Buy for your school at ₦7,000 each.
Enrol in the course
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Be the teacher who gets AI right
Two hours, 9 lessons and a certificate your school can check.
Everything for schools · AI Governance Suite · Teacher sign in
The AI Governance Course for Educators is professional development for teachers and school staff. It draws on 2026 surveys of staff, parents and pupils in Nigerian schools, the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and a model school AI governance framework. The certificate on this page is an example.