Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lately launched synthetic intelligence and computational pondering curriculum for courses 3 to 8. The minister mentioned the launch of the curriculum will formally introduce structured AI schooling into the college ecosystem.
The CBSE had constituted an skilled panel to develop the curriculum for synthetic intelligence and computational pondering. So far, CBSE used to provide AI as a 15-hour ability module from Class 6 onwards. AI can also be provided as an elective ability topic to college students in courses 9-12.
Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary mentioned schooling should now put together younger minds not only for a altering world, however for a world that can change in methods we can not but predict.
Aligned with the imaginative and prescient of “AI for Education, AI in Education”, Mr. Pradhan mentioned that it marks a decisive shift in direction of augmented studying — nurturing essential pondering, design orientation and a tradition of innovation amongst younger minds.
Experts say the CT curriculum for Classes 3 to 5 is, at its core, a literacy instrument. A baby who can not learn at grade stage won’t expertise it as a pondering train. They will expertise it as a studying barrier. The NIPUN Bharat mission is incomplete as of the newest out there information. The CT curriculum has been launched in the identical 12 months the foundational literacy purpose was supposed to have been met. That hole between promise and actuality is the chance value analyzing fastidiously.
To talk about the subject, The Hindu will host a webinar titled, ‘Curriculum: How should AI be taught to children?’, on April 11, 2026. At 5:00 p.m. The panellists embrace Aasif Iqbal J., Author and Educator; Viplav Baxi, Founder, AmplifiU; Bhanu Potta, Founding Partner, ZingerLabs. Tne webinar will be moderated by M. Kalyanaraman, who heads the schooling vertical at The Hindu.
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Panellists
Bhanu Potta, Founding Partner, ZingerLabs
Bhanu Potta is a world CXO Leader in digital/phygital/tech/IoT/AI merchandise, ecosystem growth, enterprise constructing, social and impression investments in schooling and skilling, the way forward for work, agriculture and livelihoods, well being and well-being, and sustainability sectors. At multinationals like Gray Matters Capital, Worldreader, Microsoft, Nokia, Perot Systems, NIIT, and Informatics Group, Bhanu led world product progress and ecosystem growth throughout the for-profit, social enterprise, non-profit / CSR contexts in EdTech, SkillTech, HealthTech, AgriTech & JobTech, and GreenTech sectors.
Viplax Baxi, Founder, AmplifiU
Viplav is the founding father of AmplifiU, a content material creation platform for academics that leverages AI to enhance effectivity and effectiveness, and Edulyst AI, an organization centered on driving transformative digital transformation within the Higher Ed sector utilizing AI. He can also be the creator of WhatIfEdu, a guide that consolidates over 3 many years of in depth expertise in technique, pedagogy, content material, digital transformation, product design, and engineering throughout K12, Higher Ed, Publishing, Corporate eLearning, Digital Library, and Test Preparation sectors, each in startups and with identified leaders within the edTech house.
Aasif Iqbal J., Author and Educator
Aasif Iqbal J. is an creator and educator with fifteen years in schooling and know-how. During this time, he has labored with youngsters, mother and father, and professors. As Co-founder and COO of iamneo.ai (acquired by NIIT in April 2025), he helped construct and scale an EdTech firm from the bottom up. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Technology and Public Policy from The Takshashila Institution. His first guide, Doomscroller to Reader, helps folks reclaim consideration in an age of infinite scrolling.
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Published – April 06, 2026 02:02 pm IST
