Prime Highlight
- Government schools will now teach digital learning as a regular subject, introducing coding, robotics, and AIfrom this academic year.
- The programme aims to make lessons interactive and simplified through AI, helping students learn complex concepts with ease.
Key Facts
- Teachers have already undergone capacity-building training, and the project will be rolled out in all government schools by October.
- The government has partnered with private organisationsto provide digital lessons in maths and science, including video classes, activities, and online tests.
Background
Digital learning will now be taught in government schools as one of the regular subjects, with subjects such as coding, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to start this academic year.
The programme will start with primary school children and introduce them through activity-based lessons to coding and robotics. Hard concepts will be described with the help of AI. Teachers have already undergone capacity-building training to deal with these new subjects and special material is available to be used in the classrooms.
Children who are exposed to coding and robotics at an early age will be inquisitive learners. Lessons will be more interesting and simplified through the use of AI to learn more complex ideas, said Thaduri Sampath Kumar, a government teacher.
Authorities clarified that this project is in line with international education requirements, which will enable Indian students to compete with others worldwide. An AI-based pilot project has already been conducted in several schools and the state intends to launch it across all government schools by October.
The government has collaborated with the private organisations to provide digital maths and science lessons to high school students. These will include video classes, reading material, interactive activities, and online tests. Teachers will create login credentials for each student, allowing them to study at their own pace and take assessments like multiple-choice questions.
This move, according to many educators, will shift the interest of children in mobiles and digital devices towards structured learning. There was, however, some concern that exposure to AI at an early age may result in overreliance on technology and influence the ability to think critically.
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