The European AI literacy framework expected in December arrived in June, with the PISA 2029 assessment in the background

On 13 November 2025, in ChatGPT-IA-edu, someone asked for articles on fostering critical thinking in the classroom with the help of AI. The replies pointed to the “four Cs” of 21st-century skills and to AI literacy frameworks, above all the one being prepared by the European Commission and the OECD: a draft published in May whose version 1.0 was expected in December.

December came and went without it. The two institutions presented the final text on 18 June 2026 in Brussels, at a European Digital Education Hub event, under the title “Empowering Learners for the Age of AI”. According to the framework’s website, contributions from more than two thousand people shaped the final version, which brings together knowledge, skills and attitudes in four domains: engaging with AI, creating with it, managing it and shaping it.

The question of back then now has an official reference: according to the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, the framework complements the media and AI literacy assessment that PISA will carry out in 2029. What a year ago was a recommendation among colleagues is now a common reference for teaching it.