Courses on AI for class 9 students must be according to industry needs: HRD Minister

Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal'Nishank' instructed officials of his ministry to develop the syllabus on artificial intelligence introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for Class 9 students according to the needs of the industrial sector. The CBSE introduced artificial intelligence as an optional subject for Class 9 from this academic session. IIT Kharagpur too began a six-month course on it recently, the minister said. "The courses of Artificial Intelligence, from school education to higher education level should be designed according to the needs of the industrial sector. There is no dearth of talent among our students. Surely the best results will come out," Nishank said at the launch of two initiatives under the Department of Higher Education at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra here.