Predictions that artificial intelligence will largely replace teachers in classrooms are proving to be overstated, according to the UN education agency, UNESCO.

In fact, UNESCO estimates that an additional 44 million teachers will be needed worldwide by 2030.

That does not mean the agency dismisses the potential of AI. On the contrary, it says the advanced technology could help transform education systems, freeing up time for students to develop critical thinking and other skills that cannot be automated.

Evgeniya Kleshcheva from UN News spoke to Shafika Isaacs, Chief of UNESCO’s Section for Technology and AI in Education, who says one of the biggest misconceptions is that education systems are so broken that only algorithms can fix them.