Description

Context & Overview

In 2025, the Government of Aragón (Spain) partnered with Microsoft and the educational platform Founderz to roll out free Artificial Intelligence (AI) training aimed at Vocational Education and Training (VET; in Spanish Formación Profesional or FP). The initiative targets both students and teachers across VET centres in the region (≈ 27,600 participants) and aims to integrate AI competencies into existing VET curricula.

 

Challenge Addressed

Many VET institutions face gaps in AI literacy: teachers have limited exposure, students lack structured training, and existing curricula do not adequately reflect the emerging demands of AI in workplaces. The initiative attempts to bridge that gap by providing scalable, accessible AI training to a broad VET audience, across different specialties, including non‑technical fields.

 

Solution Implemented

The program delivers AI education through an online curriculum, developed jointly by Microsoft and Founderz, integrated into VET cycles across the region. The content includes prompt engineering, basic AI models, responsible and ethical AI use, and use cases across disciplines. The training is extended to all cycles (basic, medium, higher, and specialization levels) — not only technical cycles — to foster broader diffusion of AI skills.

The delivery leverages digital tools and the partnership’s infrastructure to reach many centres simultaneously, with support for teachers to adopt the material.

 

Impact & Results

As reported, the initiative will cover over 27,600 students and teachers across nearly 700 VET cycles in Aragón.

Though detailed outcome metrics (such as changes in student performance, adoption rates, or hours saved) are not yet published, the scale of participation suggests significant reach and potential impact in building regional AI capacity within VET.

 

Key Lessons

Scaling AI education in VET requires institutional commitment and strong partnerships (e.g. with major tech providers).

Inclusivity is essential: offering AI training in non‑technical cycles helps break silos.

Supporting teachers is critical — they need training, resources and pedagogical backing to integrate AI content.

Monitoring and evaluation will be key to understanding effectiveness and iterating improvements.

 

Conclusion

The Aragón + Microsoft VET initiative is a promising Spanish example of embedding AI training in vocational education at scale. Its broad participant reach and partnership structure make it a useful case for the AIVET project to analyze how to implement AI capacity building across diverse VET contexts.

Reference Link

https://www.laecuaciondigital.com/empresas/formacion/aragon-y-microsoft-formaran-en-inteligencia-artificial-a-alumnos-de-fp/