For School Leaders and Principals

    AI for Principals: lead an AI-ready school with confidence

    HAILM provides a complete AI literacy program for students and teachers, with certification, progress tracking, dashboards, and implementation support to help schools build AI readiness and prepare learners for an AI-powered future.

    Whole school
    Dashboards and certification
    Safe by design
    Indian school principal in a school corridor holding a tablet
    Why principals act now

    Why Principals Are Building an AI Strategy Today

    AI is already influencing how students learn, teachers teach, and schools operate. Parents, boards, and education authorities increasingly expect schools to have a clear AI strategy.

    Principals who act early can build AI literacy across their school, support teachers with confidence, and prepare students for an AI-powered future. The goal is not to adopt every new tool, but to lead AI implementation safely, responsibly, and at scale.

    One complete program for your whole school

    One complete program for your whole school.

    HAILM covers everyone in your school, with structured progression and certification:

    For students (Classes 3 to 12)

    age-appropriate AI literacy, from first foundations to advanced skills, covering safety, ethics and real applications.

    For teachers (Classes 1 to 12)

    practical training, classroom AI tools, and ethics, in a few focused hours.

    Three-tier pathway

    a foundational level, an intermediate level, and an advanced level.

    Level structure: Level 1 is free and open to all (foundations, everyday applications, ethics and safety). Levels 2 and 3 are advanced courses (AI systems, problem solving, automation and capstone projects) that progress into competitions. Level 2 &3 are optional but paid participation.
    The journey

    A clear journey for your students and teachers

    A clear journey for your students and teachers - from foundations to applied problem solving to a national finale.

    PHASE 01

    Learning Phase

    Free AI modules with live sessions and weekly challenges. Students get interactive games, videos, quizzes and a safe, guardrailed AI assistant; teachers get AI lesson-planning and assessment tools that save 6 to 8 hours a week.

    PHASE 02

    Competition Phase

    Learners apply AI to real-world problems and progress through city, state and national hackathons.

    PHASE 03

    National Finale

    the top 3000 students and 300 teachers across India showcase their work at a prestigious national event.

    Key Dates

    AI Olympiad 2026 Timeline

    August 22, 2026

    Registration Deadline (For Schools)

    August 22, 2026

    Registration Deadline (Students & Teachers)

    August 31 and/or September 27, 2026

    State Level Olympiad

    October 18, 2026

    National Level Olympiad

    November 21, 2026

    Olympiad / Hackathon Finale (Delhi)

    November 21, 2026

    Awards Ceremony (Delhi)

    Recognition for your school

    Recognition for your school's AI journey.

    Schools are recognised as they progress, evaluated on completion, participation, usage and teacher involvement.

    01

    AI Visionary

    emerging adopters beginning their AI journey.

    02

    AI Catalyst

    schools with strong engagement and growing momentum.

    03

    AI Champion

    top-performing schools demonstrating excellence.

    04

    AI Innovation Hub

    the highest recognition, awarded to a select few schools.

    AI Innovation Hubs

    Build an AI Innovation Hub at your school

    Move your school from AI consumers to AI creators, an ecosystem where future innovators and companies can emerge from your classrooms.

    What makes it different

    project-based AI learning, interdisciplinary innovation, real-world problem solving, and a national showcase pathway.

    What we provide

    AI-enabled infrastructure (systems and tools), advanced learning modules and projects, training for students and teachers, and mentorship and innovation exposure.

    The outcome

    students become builders and problem-solvers, and your school joins a national AI innovation network.

    Standards alignment

    Aligned to global AI literacy standards

    HAILM helps schools build AI literacy with confidence through a program aligned to leading global standards and recognised education frameworks.

    UNESCO, OECD NEP 2020, and NCF 2023 aligned

    UNESCO, OECD NEP 2020, and NCF 2023 aligned.

    Supports building the foundation for CBSE & other education boards' goals

    Supports building the foundation for CBSE & other education boards' goals.

    Focus on safe and responsible AI use

    Focus on safe and responsible AI use.

    Future-ready skills for every student

    Future-ready skills for every student.

    Easy to roll out

    Easy to roll out, light on your team.

    Implement AI literacy across your school without adding complexity to your staff's workload.

    Start with a short pilot (for example, a 5-week foundational pilot) covering teacher and student onboarding, an LMS and learning dashboard, and certification, before scaling school-wide. Safe by design: your institution remains the data fiduciary for student information.

    Guided onboarding

    Optional pilot programs with hands-on rollout support.

    Works across devices and low-bandwidth environments

    Works across devices and low-bandwidth environments.

    Ready-to-use lessons

    Ready-to-use lessons with minimal teacher preparation.

    Flexible delivery

    Flexible delivery through self-paced and live learning formats.

    Multilingual support

    Multilingual support for diverse school communities.

    For leaders

    Clear data and certification for leaders.

    Get the visibility and evidence you need to track progress, demonstrate impact, and lead your school's AI readiness journey with confidence.

    Measurable targets you can report to your board, for example, 80% of teachers and students engaging weekly, and 80% completing the foundational course with certification, with baseline and endline assessments to show real change.

    Leadership dashboard

    School-wide progress insights at a glance.

    Assessment reports

    Baseline and endline measures of real learning outcomes.

    Certification

    Student and teacher certification upon completion.

    Engagement metrics

    Clear data for board reporting and planning.

    Proven and scaling nationally

    A national-level movement your school can join.

    Built on experience delivering AI literacy programs across thousands of schools in India, HAILM is expanding its reach nationwide through school partnerships, student and teacher engagement, and dedicated AI Innovation Centres across India.

    Principal questions

    Common questions.

    Is HAILM free for schools?

    The foundational level is free for your whole school. Advanced levels and Olympiad participation are available as you grow. Level 2 & 3 are optional but paid.

    What does my school need to start?

    A coordinator and access to phones, laptops or desktops. The program is designed to work even on low-bandwidth connections.

    How much work is it for our teachers?

    Very little. Modules are classroom-ready and self-paced, with onboarding and support included.

    Which standards does it align to?

    Global AI literacy standards and national frameworks, including UNESCO and OECD guidance, the EU approach, and India's NEP 2020, NCF 2023.

    Is student data safe?

    Yes. The program is safe by design and privacy-conscious, and your institution remains the data fiduciary.

    How do we measure success?

    Through dashboards, baseline and endline assessments, certification, and clear engagement and completion targets.

    How is our school recognised?

    Schools progress through recognition levels, from AI Visionary to AI Catalyst, AI Champion and AI Innovation Hub, based on completion, participation and engagement.

    Join the mission

    Make your school AI-ready.

    Give your students and teachers a safe, standards-aligned start with AI. Tell us about your school and we will help you begin.