About this episode

The episode discusses how AI is transforming education through personalized learning experiences in primary schools.

This week on The Business of Tech, I talk to Inspired Education founder Nadim Nsouli to explore a bold experiment in AI‑driven schooling that will reach Auckland primary students from 2027. Inspired Education operates seven ACG private primary schools in New Zealand, including five in Auckland, focusing on personalised learning. A new learning programme, Inspired Edge Academy, compresses the traditional core curriculum – English, maths, science, computing and languages – into three highly structured, interactive hours each morning.  Afternoons are turned into a lab for real‑world skills: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, public speaking and problem‑solving. Underpinning it all is an adaptive AI learning system that changes questions and pathways in real time, depending on where each child is struggling or racing ahead, making progression based on mastery rather than age. AI can personalise learning Nsouli told me that Inspired has already invested tens of millions of dollars in technology across its 125 schools, using platforms like Century Tech to personalise homework and classwork for 95,000 students. In some subjects, students using these adaptive tools…

People in this episode

Host: BusinessDesk

Guest: Nadim Nsouli

Topics covered

• AI in education
• personalized learning
• adaptive learning systems
• primary education
• real-world skills

Keywords

• AI
• education
• personalized learning
• adaptive learning
• primary schools
• real-world skills
• Nadim Nsouli

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inspired Education, Century Tech

Products: Inspired Edge Academy

Places: Auckland, New Zealand, ACG

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