PM Shehbaz welcomes Education Ministry's MoU with Gauth AI for Pakistan

What happened

On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the Ministry of Education and Gauth AI, according to Dunya News and the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) [1][2]. The Prime Minister described the agreement as a significant step towards expanding educational opportunities and welcomed the free subscriptions being provided by the technology company [1].

The Prime Minister said the government would provide all possible resources and facilities to Daanish schools, reaffirming its commitment to quality education and new opportunities for students and teachers through artificial intelligence (AI) [1][2]. He called Daanish schools a magnificent educational institution offering free education, and said: “There is no dearth of resources” [1].

Dunya News reports that the MoU includes 4,000 free subscriptions for teachers across the country, including 1,000 for teachers associated with Daanish schools, and 180 free subscriptions for local students [1]. The Prime Minister’s remarks describe the first 4,000 subscriptions gifted by Gauth to Pakistan as helping both students and teachers use modern educational tools [1]. The subscriptions are described as giving access to AI-powered tools to support teaching and improve learning [1].

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said the initiative reflected the Prime Minister’s vision of IT-led development. She said TikTok had made its AI technology available for Pakistan, and that paid versions of Gauth AI were being launched in Pakistan, making it the first country after the United States to receive this facility [1].

Maria Kohan, Regional Director of Global Public Policy at ByteDance Ltd, said ByteDance had already been contributing to educational awareness through TikTok. She said a dedicated STEM feed, launched in Pakistan in partnership with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, was helping young people explore educational content [1]. She said the launch of Gauth in Pakistan marked another step in the company’s commitment to supporting education through technology [1].

According to the sources, Gauth is an AI-powered study platform designed to make learning easier, more interactive and accessible. It offers step-by-step explanations, personalised AI tutoring and interactive study tools to help students understand concepts rather than only find answers. Kohan said Gauth already serves more than 200 million users globally [1].

Who is affected

• Teachers across the country, who are set to receive 4,000 free subscriptions under the MoU, according to Dunya News [1].
• Teachers associated with Daanish schools, who are allocated 1,000 of those subscriptions [1].
• Local students, who are to receive 180 free subscriptions [1].
• Daanish schools, which the Prime Minister said the government would support with all possible resources [1][2].