Prime Highlights
- OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Learning Accelerator in India, providing 500,000 paid ChatGPT licenses to schools, universities, and technical colleges.
- The initiative also introduces a unique Study Mode tailored to India’s education system, covering CBSE syllabus and competitive exams like IIT-JEE with personalised tutoring.
Key Facts
- OpenAI is partnering with IIT Madras through a ₹500,000 research fund to study how AI can improve learning outcomes and support new teaching patterns.
- The company has appointed Raghav Gupta as Head of Education for India and Asia Pacific to scale AI access, partnerships, and teacher training programmes.
Background
OpenAI has initiated a significant project to introduce artificial intelligence into the Indian classrooms by providing 500,000 paid ChatGPT licenses to schools, universities, and technical colleges nationwide. It is an initiative (launched as the OpenAI Learning Accelerator in New Delhi) aimed at offering support to teachers and students.
In addition to licenses, OpenAI will launch specialised training programs to educators to assist them in making use of AI tools when planning their lessons, in assignments, and in interacting with students. It has also come with a new feature referred to as Study Mode, which is unique to the Indian Education system. It includes CBSE syllabus and competitive exams such as the IIT-JEE, with emphasis on active learning and personalised tutoring instead of mere generation of answers.
During the launch, Leah Belsky, the Vice President of Education at OpenAI, stated that India is the core of the company’s long-term education vision. She highlighted that the new tools will help teachers focus more on mentoring and creativity while technology handles routine tasks.
The key part of the programme is the collaboration between OpenAI and IIT Madras with a 500,000 research fund. The collaboration will focus on the extent to which AI-possessed tools can be used to improve learning outcomes and encourage new teaching patterns linked to cognitive science.
In the following six months, OpenAI will collaborate with the Ministry of Education, AICTE, and ARISE to license and train teachers. In this effort, the company has made the appointment of Raghav Gupta as Head of Education in India and Asia Pacific to be able to scale AI access and institutional partnerships.
The youth base of India is very high, which contributes to its high focus, as more than half of ChatGPT users in India are below 24 age. OpenAI is sure that this programme will result in classrooms where AI supports students individually, and teachers will have fewer clients and can prepare the institutions for the future of technology.
