Within the "IT Studios" module on the Diia.Osvita platform, an interactive AI mentor has been launched for schoolchildren in grades 1–11. The new assistant is built directly into the learning materials to help children master programming and digital literacy without providing ready-made answers.

How the AI assistant works

The AI mentor functions as a personal tutor: it explains complex terms, suggests the logic of a solution or the necessary commands (for example, during game programming in grades 7–9), but leaves the completion of the task to the child. Thanks to this, students learn to think independently.

schoolchildren can ask questions in their own words or use ready-made hints;

the artificial intelligence focuses exclusively on the topic of the specific lesson and does not get distracted by unrelated topics;

while the teacher works with one student, others can quickly get a hint from the mentor and continue working.

"Our task is to make sure that AI helps children develop their thinking. The AI mentor in IT Studios explains what is unclear and suggests the next step while the child looks for the solution themselves," emphasizes Ruslana Korenchuk, CEO of Diia.Osvita.

How to join the training

To use the AI mentor, educational institutions and parents only need to register on the platform it-osvita.diia.gov.ua:

the teacher creates an online class in their account and receives a unique code;

parents register an account, add the child, and enter the class code from the teacher;

the student logs in with their own credentials and gets access to lessons with the AI mentor.

The "IT Studios" platform covers 355 interactive lessons, where children, instead of dry theory, create 3D models, draw with code, and learn about digital safety.

The need to adapt the educational process to modern technologies is also confirmed by research:

70% of teenagers in Ukraine already actively use AI, and for 44% it has become an assistant in learning (2025 research);

more than 75% of schoolchildren receive their own gadget with internet access at the age of 8 or earlier, and they start using social media as early as ages 6–10.