Lok Sabha Question No. 2391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: AI Education in Schools and Colleges
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Dr. Ricky Andrew J Syngkon, Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2391 ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

## AI Education in Schools and Colleges

2391.   Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy:

Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti:

Dr. Ricky Andrew J Syngkon:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has introduced courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and other technological innovations in schools in the country during the last five years;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the measures being taken to train teachers in the use of AI tools in education;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  list  of  schools  offering  such  courses  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise, particularly district-wise in Andhra Pradesh and in Prakasam District;

(d) whether the Government has undertaken any training programmes/initiatives for teachers in schools to make them better equipped with AI, ML and other technological innovations in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise particularly in Prakasam District;

- (e) if so, the details thereof;

(f)  whether  the  Government has any schemes/initiatives to provide proper infrastructure in schools for courses in AI, ML and other technologies; and

(g) if so, the details thereof and the total number of schools where such infrastructure has been established in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise and in Prakasam District?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (g) The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has emphasized the importance of AI  and  its  role  in  school  curriculum.  NEP,  2020  at  Para  4.24,  inter-alia,  provides  that 'Curricular Integration of Essential Subjects, Skills, and Capacities', the policy mentions that Concerted curricular and pedagogical initiatives, including the introduction of contemporary subjects  such  as  Artificial  Intelligence,  Design  Thinking,  Holistic  Health,  Organic  Living, Environmental Education, Global Citizenship Education (GCED), etc. at relevant stages will be undertaken to develop these various important skills in students at all levels.'

Further, NEP 2020 has acknowledged the importance of AI, IoT, 3D printing and other such emerging  technologies  and  recommended  their  inclusion  in  the  curriculum  at  appropriate stages.

Education is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Constitution, it is for the respective State and Union Territory (UT) Governments to decide on the modalities of implementing the Artificial  Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and other technological innovations in accordance with the spirit and recommendations of the NEP, 2020.

However, with regard to schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as per recommendations of the NEP, 2020, CBSE offers AI as a 15-hour skill module from Class VI onwards. CBSE also offers AI as an optional subject from class IX - XII. The details of CBSE schools offering AI as a skill subject/ skill module across the country are as under:

| Classes                   | No. of schools   |
|---------------------------|------------------|
| VI-VIII (as Skill module) | 8,834            |
| IX-X (as Skill subject)   | 7,072            |
| XI-XII (as Skill subject) | 2,933            |

The details of CBSE schools in Andhra Pradesh and in Prakasam district offering AI:

| State/ District                              | Class   |   Schools offering AI |
|----------------------------------------------|---------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (including Prakasam district) | X       |                    75 |
| Andhra Pradesh (including Prakasam district) | XII     |                     7 |
| Prakasam                                     | X       |                     5 |
| Prakasam                                     | XII     |                     1 |

Since  2019,  CBSE  has  trained  more  than  10,000  teachers  across  the  country  on  its  AI curriculum with the support of experts from Intel, IBM, NIELIT and other higher educational institutions.

The existing class XI textbooks of Computer Science (Chapter 3, https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?kecs1=ps-11) and class XI - Informatics Practices (Chapter 2, https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?keip1=ps-8) developed by the National Council of Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  talks  about  AI,  IoT  and  other  emerging technologies. Further, NCERT has used AI/ML technologies to translate the newly launched textbooks of Grade 1 and 2 in all 22 Indian Languages.

The Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)-NCERT conducts online webinars which  cover  various  themes  related  to  Educational  Technology  (ET)  and  Information  and Communication Technology (ICT) in education to orient teachers, students and parents about the  role  of  AI  and  its  relevance  in  education.  The  webinar  encompasses  topics  related  to creation and dissemination of e-contents, Content-Pedagogy- Technology integration, use of ICT in teaching-learning and assessment, OER, use of various ICT tools, creation of AR/VR contents, mobile app and AI based platforms etc. So far, a total of 1400+ sessions have been organized. Details are available at https://ciet.ncert.gov.in/webinar

The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  also  launched  a  national  level initiative  SOAR  (Skilling  for  AI  Readiness)  aimed  at  embedding  AI  awareness  and foundational  skills  among  school  students  (Classes  6-12)  and  building  AI  literacy  among educators. The programme seeks to bridge the digital divide by ensuring equitable access to AI education across geographies, thereby supporting the national agenda of inclusive, future-ready skilling. SOAR comprises three progressive 15-hour modules for students-AI to be Aware, AI to Acquire, and AI to Aspire-and one independent 45-hour module for teachers titled AI for Educators. The program introduces concepts such as AI basics, generative AI, AI in daily life, programming fundamentals, ethics, cybersecurity and future career opportunities.

DIKSHA  (Digital  Infrastructure  for  Knowledge  Sharing),  an  initiative  of  NCERT  has integrated AI based features such as: AI based key-word search enablement in Videos to easily filter the relevant concepts within videos, Read-aloud feature which can help visually impaired students making it more inclusive.

e-Jadui Pitara - a multimodal access platform, is an extension of the Physical Jadui Pitara. The eJaadui Pitara features three bots - Student Bot (Katha Sakhi), Parent Bot (Parent Tara) and Teacher  Bot  (Teacher  Tara)  that  provide  access  to  early  childhood  educational  content  in multiple Indian Languages using AI

Further, ICT and Digital Initiatives component of Samagra Shiksha covers Government and Government  Aided  Schools  having  classes  VI  to  XII.  Under  this  component  financial assistance is provided for establishing ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms in schools. The nonrecurring/recurring grant under 'ICT and Digital Initiatives' is available to the States and UTs. As  per  UDISE+  2023-24  report,  4,76,669  schools  are  having  functional  Desktops/PCs, 2,56,392  schools  are  having  functional  laptops/notebooks,  2,75,857  schools  are  having functional  tablets  and  3,59,457  schools  are  having  functional  Smart  Classrooms  used  for teaching with Digital Boards/ Smart Boards/ Virtual Classrooms/ Smart TVs, and 7,92,992 Schools have internet facilities across India. The detailed reports can be accessed at UDISE+ portal. (https://udiseplus.gov.in/#/en/page/publications).

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