Manila, Feb. 26 -- Efforts to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in public schools in the Philippines will help reduce teachers' workload, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Thursday.

In a statement, DepEd - Education Center for AI Research (ECAIR) Governance and Delivery Lead Elmo Domino Jose said even small gains in AI integration can help ease the workload of public school teachers.

"In a system serving over 24 million learners, even a 1 percent gain in efficiency has a massive impact on our country's education system," he said.

"By integrating AI into DepEd's operations, we are saving millions of hours of our teachers' time so they can focus on teaching."

On Feb. 16-21, ECAIR presented its AI scaling framework at the ...