Overview
- School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar said CBSE is developing the framework to embed AI learning across grades.
- A pilot program is training teachers to use AI tools for preparing lesson plans to support classroom rollout.
- More than 18,000 CBSE schools already run a 15-hour AI module from Class 6, with AI offered as an optional subject in Classes 9–12.
- Officials flagged the immediate challenge of orienting over one crore teachers nationwide for AI-related instruction.
- The NITI Aayog report estimates about two million jobs could be displaced and up to eight million new roles created if India coordinates talent efforts with the India AI Mission and builds partnerships to expand compute and data resources.