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Guideline for the Use of Generative AI in Primary and Secondary Education

初等中等教育段階における生成AIの利活用に関するガイドライン

Record JP-16

Issued by
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau)
Jurisdiction
Japan
Level · region
National · East Asia
Published / adopted
2023-07
Last updated
2024-12-26
Language
Japanese

Summary

Guideline of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for teachers, school staff and boards of education on the appropriate use of generative AI in primary and secondary schools; it does not uniformly ban or mandate its use. It sets a human-centred approach in which people make the final judgement and take responsibility, and five points for school use: proper use considering safety, including providers' terms of service, age limits and parental consent; information security; protection of personal information, privacy and copyright; fairness and attention to bias; and transparency and accountability to stakeholders.

Language

English translation by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (provisional translation) Open it. The Japanese text is authoritative.

Safety topics

child safetypublic-sector usehuman oversight

Scope

Borderline scope Existing scope_note kept.

Status notes

Version 2.0 of 26 Dec 2024 revised the provisional guideline that MEXT published in July 2023 (初等中等教育段階における生成AIの利用に関する暫定的なガイドライン, Ver.1.0), after discussion in a study group on generative AI in primary and secondary education set up in July 2024. MEXT's notices to boards of education on the provisional guideline and on its revision are dated 4 Jul 2023 and 26 Dec 2024. Reference materials include checklists by scenario and examples from generative AI pilot schools. For safety measures by AI developers and providers, the guideline refers to the AI Guidelines for Business and J-AISI's evaluation guide. MEXT's provisional translation is titled 'Guideline for the Use of Generative AI in Elementary and Secondary Education', while MEXT's pages list it as 'Guideline for the Use of Generative AI in Primary and Secondary Education (Ver.2.0)(tentative translation)'.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/other/mext_02412.html

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 00:46:12 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14/C021/2026-10-14/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-14 13:11:39 UTC
SHA-256 2d979a4514c12051beee43e456ba32a0fd6660a89176a059262e790864af7d6e
Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14/C021/2026-10-14/document-1.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-14 13:11:49 UTC
SHA-256 c5e32ad38928a846766deb8a050ae015912edccbf29ab18257d107eb06691149
Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14/C021/2026-10-14/document-2.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-14 13:11:53 UTC
SHA-256 14d61fa559a98909032b7c8ba12e03ccbbfe098b9c272083de3b012f568fb9c2

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched
Recheck of 18 Oct 2026. Stored and read: MEXT's page on the use of generative AI (mext.go.jp; copy of 14 Oct 2026, unchanged on 18 Oct 2026); the Japanese main text of Ver.2.0 (33 pages, 文部科学省 初等中等教育局, 令和６年 12 月 26 日; copy of 18 Oct 2026); MEXT's English provisional translation (36 pages, 'December 26, 2024', '当翻訳は仮訳であり、正確には原文を参照してください。 Please refer to the original text for accuracy') and the English one-page summary; and MEXT's new site on generative AI in schools (copy of 18 Oct 2026, saved with a headless browser, with updates up to 令和8年7月), to which the first page now points. They confirm the title, the Japanese title, the issuer, Ver.2.0 of 26 December 2024, the provisional guideline of July 2023 (令和 5 年 7 月), the study group, the dates of the notices to boards of education and the content; the summary is checked against the Japanese text, with terms as MEXT's translation renders them. The new site still offers Ver.2.0 as the current guideline, and nothing stored shows a later version or a withdrawal.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 7 field(s) supported, fixes applied to scope_note.

History

  1. 2026-10-18scope_note: Mainly guidance on using generative AI in teaching and school administration; in → Existing scope_note kept. — pipeline run 2026-10-18-recheck-east-asia-1 (recheck), candidate JP-162026-10-18-recheck-east-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-18notes: Version 2.0 of 26 Dec 2024 revised the provisional guideline that MEXT published → Version 2.0 of 26 Dec 2024 revised the provisional guideline that MEXT published — the two English renderings MEXT uses for the title (its pages and the cover of its provisional translation) are now noted2026-10-18-recheck-east-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-14Added to the register — found in pipeline run 2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14, candidate C021 (JP/ministries)2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Citation

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau). Guideline for the Use of Generative AI in Primary and Secondary Education. 2023-07. https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/other/mext_02412.html. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-leads-2026-10-14/C021/2026-10-14/official.html retrieved 2026-10-14 13:11:39 UTC, SHA-256 2d979a4514c12051beee43e456ba32a0fd6660a89176a059262e790864af7d6e. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record JP-16.

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