As the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is recognised by the Indian government for its future opportunities and solutions, Intel and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have partnered up to create a comprehensive curriculum that will be designed to train the youth of India on AI based skills. As part of the signed memorandum of understanding (MoU), Intel and CBSE will work towards creating an AI curriculum beginning from Grade 7, all the way to Grade 12. It will be based on the Intel AI for Youth program, which is a hands-on learning program that uses experiential methodologies to develop social and technological skills. Other initiatives include a National AI Olympiad to motivate young students in creating AI solutions to solve societal problems. Another initiative is the creation of AI Skills Labs, the first of which was opened in Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, New Delhi, to train students from grade 7 onwards on topics like AI learning and AI model training and inferencing. Commenting on the partnership, Shweta Khurana, Director of Programs, Partnerships and Policy Group at Intel India said: Artificial intelligence has become a strategic imperative for worldwide economic growth and will continue to be one of the most crucial technologies of the ...
Friday, 6 March 2020
Intel partners with CBSE to further integrate AI into India’s education system
As the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is recognised by the Indian government for its future opportunities and solutions, Intel and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have partnered up to create a comprehensive curriculum that will be designed to train the youth of India on AI based skills. As part of the signed memorandum of understanding (MoU), Intel and CBSE will work towards creating an AI curriculum beginning from Grade 7, all the way to Grade 12. It will be based on the Intel AI for Youth program, which is a hands-on learning program that uses experiential methodologies to develop social and technological skills. Other initiatives include a National AI Olympiad to motivate young students in creating AI solutions to solve societal problems. Another initiative is the creation of AI Skills Labs, the first of which was opened in Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, New Delhi, to train students from grade 7 onwards on topics like AI learning and AI model training and inferencing. Commenting on the partnership, Shweta Khurana, Director of Programs, Partnerships and Policy Group at Intel India said: Artificial intelligence has become a strategic imperative for worldwide economic growth and will continue to be one of the most crucial technologies of the ...
