The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon be imparting knowledge on artificial intelligence (AI) to its students through a new curriculum. Designed in collaboration with tech giant IBM, the new curriculum is meant for CBSE students in classes 11 and 12.
The curriculum comes as a part of CBSE's Social Empowerment through Work Education and Action (SEWA) programme. At first, it will be introduced to around 200 high schools across 13 states in India.?
The new curriculum is an extended effort by CBSE to introduce its students to AI learning courses. In December last year, the board had announced a similar subject for class IX students from session 2019-20 onwards. The aim of the drive is to impart AI skills to 5,000 class 11 students and 1000 teachers across India.
The new curriculum has been structured around a course framework that takes into account basic knowledge (basics, history, applications), skills (design thinking, computational thinking, data fluency, critical thinking) and values (ethical decision making, bias) in AI.
?"The objective of our exciting collaboration with CBSE is to help address some of those challenges by designing one of the most accessible and comprehensive gateways for students to begin their AI journey," Sandip Patel, General Manager, IBM India/South Asia said in a statement.
As per the company, the curriculum focuses on problem-based learning outcomes and assessment methods for teachers. The goal is to introduce the foundational skills of AI in students so as to make them ¡°not just consumers of AI, but creators as well.¡±
IBM had to partner with Australia's Macquarie University and Indian implementation partners - Learning Links Foundation and 1M1B for the development of the AI course in order to meet CBSE's requirements for class 11 and 12.
"With support from IBM, we are proud to lead the way for the nation by developing such an innovative training-based learning approach for students and teachers," said Manoj Ahuja, Chairperson, CBSE.
(With inputs from IANS)