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In 1st 12 months of roll-out, AI finds much less takers than Hindi & Arabic in state-run faculties: Solely 500 of 4.28L class IX college students go for it
In 1st 12 months of roll-out, AI finds much less takers than Hindi & Arabic in state-run faculties: Solely 500 of 4.28L class IX college students go for it
GUWAHATI: In Assam, topics like Hindi and Arabic are surprisingly discovering extra takers amongst faculty college students than synthetic intelligence. AI was launched together with robotics in state-run faculties this 12 months with an purpose to modernise the curriculum, aligning it with world technological developments.
Although expectations have been excessive, solely about 500 of the 4.28 lakh registered Class IX college students have opted for AI and robotics up to now.
The Board of Secondary Schooling, Assam (Seba) is providing AI and robotics as an elective topic to college students of Class IX to start with. With the deadline for registration for the 2026 state board examination nearing its mid-June cutoff, numerous districts at the moment are selling AI amongst college students by means of workshops, emphasising its world demand and promising alternatives.
“We count on extra college students to go for it within the days to return, although 500 is just not a nasty begin,” Seba chairperson RC Jain mentioned, including that efforts are on to extend the registration for the topic.
He mentioned govt has no plans of appointing new academics particularly to show AI and robotics. “Current academics must come ahead to get educated to show the topic in faculties,” Jain added.
Seba officers mentioned amongst elective topics, Hindi (about 2 lakh college students have opted for it) stays probably the most wanted, adopted by geography (round 80,000) and Arabic (round 70,000).
“Within the first 12 months of its introduction, the variety of college students selecting AI and robotics could also be below 1,000 however we hope that it’s going to quickly grow to be extra common. This topic is certain to arouse curiosity making college students pursue science and engineering sooner or later,” Seba controller of examinations, NJ Sarmah, mentioned.
A seminar on AI and robotics was held lately at BH Faculty, Howly. Organised by SEBA’s regional workplace (Barpeta) and the Educational Council of Barpeta and Bajali district, in collaboration with BH Faculty, the occasion noticed the participation of principals and head academics of assorted academic establishments from Barpeta and Bajali districts.
“The first goal of the seminar was to encourage college students to go for AI and robotics and to make sure that academics are nicely knowledgeable and ready to show cutting-edge matters,” the DPO of Samagra Siksha (Barpeta), Niranjan Ojah, mentioned.
One of many highlights of the seminar was the inauguration of an AI-powered software created by Prasenjit Sarma named Assamese Lesson Plan Creator. This progressive app has been designed to assist academics create lesson plans within the Assamese language, integrating AI expertise with on a regular basis academic practices.
Inaugurating the app, further district commissioner (training) Jayanta Bora had mentioned, “This app will revolutionise the teaching-learning course of for the academics of Assam as it may well assist create lesson plans for numerous topics within the Assamese language.”
This marks a big step in direction of incorporating superior academic instruments and trendy topics into Assam’s curriculum.
Although expectations have been excessive, solely about 500 of the 4.28 lakh registered Class IX college students have opted for AI and robotics up to now.
The Board of Secondary Schooling, Assam (Seba) is providing AI and robotics as an elective topic to college students of Class IX to start with. With the deadline for registration for the 2026 state board examination nearing its mid-June cutoff, numerous districts at the moment are selling AI amongst college students by means of workshops, emphasising its world demand and promising alternatives.
“We count on extra college students to go for it within the days to return, although 500 is just not a nasty begin,” Seba chairperson RC Jain mentioned, including that efforts are on to extend the registration for the topic.
He mentioned govt has no plans of appointing new academics particularly to show AI and robotics. “Current academics must come ahead to get educated to show the topic in faculties,” Jain added.
Seba officers mentioned amongst elective topics, Hindi (about 2 lakh college students have opted for it) stays probably the most wanted, adopted by geography (round 80,000) and Arabic (round 70,000).
“Within the first 12 months of its introduction, the variety of college students selecting AI and robotics could also be below 1,000 however we hope that it’s going to quickly grow to be extra common. This topic is certain to arouse curiosity making college students pursue science and engineering sooner or later,” Seba controller of examinations, NJ Sarmah, mentioned.
A seminar on AI and robotics was held lately at BH Faculty, Howly. Organised by SEBA’s regional workplace (Barpeta) and the Educational Council of Barpeta and Bajali district, in collaboration with BH Faculty, the occasion noticed the participation of principals and head academics of assorted academic establishments from Barpeta and Bajali districts.
“The first goal of the seminar was to encourage college students to go for AI and robotics and to make sure that academics are nicely knowledgeable and ready to show cutting-edge matters,” the DPO of Samagra Siksha (Barpeta), Niranjan Ojah, mentioned.
One of many highlights of the seminar was the inauguration of an AI-powered software created by Prasenjit Sarma named Assamese Lesson Plan Creator. This progressive app has been designed to assist academics create lesson plans within the Assamese language, integrating AI expertise with on a regular basis academic practices.
Inaugurating the app, further district commissioner (training) Jayanta Bora had mentioned, “This app will revolutionise the teaching-learning course of for the academics of Assam as it may well assist create lesson plans for numerous topics within the Assamese language.”
This marks a big step in direction of incorporating superior academic instruments and trendy topics into Assam’s curriculum.
