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Austria Reportedly Plans AI and Media Literacy Classes as Latin Is Reduced in 2027 Curriculum

Key details remain unconfirmed with legal and staffing questions still open.

Overview

  • Reports citing ministry sources say Informatics would be expanded into “Informatics and Artificial Intelligence” with an extra weekly lesson in AHS upper grades from the 2027/28 school year.
  • A new subject called “Media and Democracy” would be introduced in upper secondary, though it is not yet decided who will teach it.
  • Latin instruction in AHS upper grades would fall from a total of 12 to 8 weekly hours over four years, with smaller reductions at Realgymnasien.
  • Schools would decide autonomously how to use an additional hour freed by the reform.
  • Science Minister Eva‑Maria Holzleitner said she is discussing legal steps to avoid extra university exams for entrants with school Latin, while student leaders welcomed the plans and others urged clarity.