Since 2020, Albanian Media Institute has worked systematically alongside schools across Albania to integrate Media and Information Literacy (MIL) into formal education. After five years of sustained teacher training, 48 training sessions, and 720 national trainers reached, the results are in.
A survey of 623 teachers reveals that MIL has moved beyond a pilot initiative. The vast majority of teachers now integrate media sources into their weekly lesson planning across subjects ranging from mathematics to biology, additional to social sciences. Students are more engaged, more capable of independently seeking and evaluating information, and significantly better at identifying disinformation.
MIL is proving to be a powerful tool for inclusion because students who struggle in traditional learning environments are often the first to thrive when lessons are built around media-based tasks.
Yet real challenges remain. Inadequate technology infrastructure, curriculum time pressure, and the absence of ready-made teaching materials continue to limit what teachers can achieve. And as in every field there is a new reality: Artificial Intelligence. Majority of teachers surveyed (96%) consider AI literacy a critical educational priority, however, most feel unprepared to address it confidently in the classroom.
This report documents where Albania stands, what is working, and what needs to change, with concrete recommendations for policymakers, educators, and civil society.
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