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TVAI Schools AI Challenge

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This is a fantastic initiative. Organizing an AI challenge focused on social benefit is a great way to engage students with technology while keeping them grounded in ethics and community impact. Importantly you do not need to build the solution for the challenge, it is more around building a solid understanding of what AI can improve in your world.

Slides Overview

Challenge Overview

Title: The AI for Good Schools Challenge 2026

Theme: "Innovating for our Community"

Mission: To empower students to solve real-world problems in their school, community, or country using Artificial Intelligence.

Key Info:

  • Closing Date: 31 March 2026
  • Contact: educhallenge@lists.tvaihub.co.uk

1. The Challenge Prompt

Students can identify a problem in from school or local scale to national or global scale and propose an AI-enabled solution.

Student

  • The School (Education & Campus)
  • Example: An app that uses ML to reduce food waste in the canteen or an AI tutor for students with special educational needs.
  • The Community (Local Council Area)
  • Example: A computer vision system to identify potholes for the council or an optimizer for local bus routes.
  • The Country (National Impact)
  • Example: Generative AI to translate government services into multiple languages or an ML model to predict renewable energy usage.

2. Rules

  • Eligibility: Open to all secondary schools in the [Council Name] area.
  • Junior Category: Years 7–9
  • Senior Category: Years 10–13
  • Team Size: Minimum 2, Maximum 5 students per team.
  • AI Policy (Crucial):
  • Students can use Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Midjourney) to help brainstorm or code, but they must disclose exactly how it was used in their Technical Document.
  • Plagiarism of entire projects is grounds for disqualification.
  • Feasibility: The solution does not need to be a fully working app, but the concept must be technically grounded (i.e., "magic" is not an answer; they must explain which AI technique creates the result).

3. Deliverables (Submission Requirements)

To enter, teams must submit two key items by the deadline. You can find more detail on these in the student resources.

A. The Pitch Deck (Slides - 7-12 Slides)

  • Slide 1: Team Name & Challenge Track.
  • Slide 2: The Problem (Who is hurting? What is the cost?).
  • Slide 3-4: The Solution (Visuals/Mockups of the app or tool).
  • Slide 5: How the AI Works (Simple flowchart).
  • Slide 6: Social Impact (Who benefits? How do you measure success?).
  • Slide 7: Ethics & Safety (Did you consider bias? Privacy?).

B. The Technical Document (PDF - Max 2 Pages)

  • System Card: A one-page summary explaining the AI model proposed (e.g., "We would use Computer Vision trained on images of...").
  • AI Disclosure: A statement listing any AI tools used to create the entry.