Artificial Intelligence (AI) in school education - guidelines and guardrails: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

Conclusion

7. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all UNCRC requirements, what is the potential overall impact of this proposal on children’s rights?

Positive impact

8. If you have identified a positive impact on children’s rights, please describe below how the proposal will protect, respect, and fulfil children’s rights in Scotland.

No negative impacts have been identified.

9. If a negative impact has been identified please describe it below. Is there a risk this could potentially amount to an incompatibility?

N/A

10. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all wellbeing indicators, will the proposal contribute to the wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland?

Safe: Yes

Healthy: N/A

Achieving: Yes

Nurtured: N/A

Active: N/A

Respected: Yes

Responsible: N/A

Included: N/A

If yes, please provide an explanation below:

• Safe – The guidelines and guardrails promote the safe and ethical use of AI in schools, emphasising the need for children and young people’s data and sensitive and person information to be safeguarded, contributing to the safety of children and young people.
• Achieving – The guidelines and guardrails state that children and young people should have the opportunity to learn about, understand and use AI to ensure that they are equipped with the knowledge, skills and understanding to achieve in an AI enabled society.
• Respected – The guidelines and guardrails strengthen the voice of children and young people, clearly stating that their views should be heard in decisions made in relation to the use of AI in their education.
• Healthy – The guidelines and guardrails state that children and young people should have the opportunity to learn about, understand and use AI as part of the curriculum offer. This will help to ensure that children and young people are equipped with the knowledge and skills to understand the risks and opportunities related to using AI, which in turn will support them to make healthy and safe choices.

11. How will you communicate to children and young people the impact that the proposal will have on their rights?

The CRWIA will be published on the Scottish Government website and disseminated to children and young people through all local authorities in Scotland. The CRWIA will also be shared with organisations representing children and young people and those consulted with when gathering evidence for the purposes on this assessment so they can see how their views have helped to shape the final guidelines and guardrails document.

Alongside the finalised guidelines and guardrails, the CRWIA will also be shared with organisations that have engaged directly with children and young people and have published reports referenced within this CRWIA, with a request that this is shared with the children and young people involved.