A Brazilian state's AI writing tutor won UNESCO's education prize.
UNESCO gave its 2026 education technology prize to two projects on 9 September. Brazil's Redação Paraná uses AI to mark student writing in 2,000 schools, reaching 850,000 pupils. A Finnish university programme shared the prize, and each winner received 25,000 dollars.
Why it mattersThis is a rare case of AI marking homework at national scale with results anyone can check. It shows what an education ministry can do when it builds the tool instead of buying one.
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