The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has officially banned the use of ChatGPT, a language processing artificial intelligence (AI) model that has taken the world by storm since its launch in November last year. According to the latest instructions issued by the board ahead of the examinations, "Mobile, ChatGPT and other electronic items will not be allowed in examination hall." "Students are not allowed to carry any electronic devices inside the exam centre. This includes using device to access ChatGPT so that unfair means is not used," a senior board official said. Students at their institutes are banned from using the chatbot for academic assignments such as exams, labs and home works. Launched by Microsoft-back AI research firm, OpenAI in November 2022, ChatGPT is a language processing AI model that is capable of generating human-like text and uses a reinforcement learning method.

A comprehensive progress report of students studying under the Central Board of Secondary Education, which will be based on Artificial Intelligence, will soon be tested in a pilot project in 74 schools, officials aware of the development said. Dubbed the Holistic Progress Card, the initiative is envisaged under the National Education Policy 2020 for a "multidimensional progress monitoring" of school students. Once it is successfully tested, the initiative will be eventually rolled out to include all student from classes 1 to 12, an education ministry official said, requesting anonymity. The decision on the pilot project was taken during the CBSE's general body meeting in August. The board has developed a prototype for classes 1-3, which will "track the key developmental goals and competencies, as specified by the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat guidelines", according to the minutes of the CBSE meeting.

Does your head spin a bit while reading this sentence above? Did you take one look at this jumble of tech terms and declare in your mind that it is "too geeky" for you? It could be just a matter of communication--instead of throwing tech terms at people, if you make regular people understand what something like AI can do to make their lives better, they may accept it better. And that may be the most important step in India's tryst with artificial intelligence, as per the overwhelming sentiment att Nasscom's Experience AI summit Thursday afternoon. "AI is going to be as ubiquitous as electricity, it will become such an integral part of everything," exclaimed Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO & Chairperson of Salesforce India and the former head of State Bank of India.

What's New: Intel in collaboration with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Ministry of Education today announced the launch of the AI For All initiative with the purpose of creating a basic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) for everyone in India. Based on Intel's AI For Citizens program, AI For All is a 4-hour, self-paced learning program that demystifies AI in an inclusive manner. It is as applicable to a student, a stay-at-home parent as it is to a professional in any field or even a senior citizen. The program aims to introduce AI to 1 million citizens in its first year. "AI has the power to drive faster economic growth, address population-scale challenges and benefit the lives and livelihoods of people. The AI For All initiative based on Intel's AI For Citizens program aims to make India AI-ready by building awareness and appreciation of AI among everyone. The program further strengthens Intel's commitment to collaborating with the Government of India to reach the full potential of AI and further the vision of a digitally-empowered India."

Artificial Intelligence is going to be introduced as a contemporary subject in the Indian curriculum, as recommended by The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The National Council Of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) has initiated the process for preparing a new national curriculum framework for school education in pursuance of The National Education Policy 2020, during which the introduction of a new artificial intelligence course at a secondary level will be explored. In an attempt to make this possible, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced artificial intelligence as an individual subject for the 9th grade in the academic year of 2019-2020 and for the 11th grade in the academic year of 2020-2021 in all CBSE affiliated schools. Artificial intelligence is already a part of the education system in the form of tools that help develop skills and testing systems. This technology can help drive efficiency, customization, and streamline administrative tasks to give teachers the time and freedom for better adaptability.

NEW DELHI: Information technology major IBM said on Thursday it is collaborating with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in the high school curriculum (grade 11 and 12) for the current academic year (2020-21). The curriculum is part of CBSE's Social Empowerment through Work Education and Action (SEWA) programme and will be introduced in about 200 schools across 13 states -- Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab. The IBM AI curriculum is structured around a course framework for students consisting of base strands of knowledge (basics, history, applications), skills (design thinking, computational thinking, data fluency, critical thinking) and values (ethical decision making, bias) in AI. It is further made robust with problem-based learning outcomes and assessment methods for teachers to build foundational skills of AI in students making them not just consumers of AI but creators as well. To meet CBSE's requirements for grades 11 and 12, the curriculum was co-developed with Australia's Macquarie University and Indian implementation partners -- Learning Links Foundation and 1M1B.

Tech giant Intel and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to digitally empower nearly 1 lakh students with Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in India's education system. Initiatives include the roll-out of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum framework for grades VIII, IX and X for 22,000 schools, with the aim to empower 1 lakh students within 2020, the company said in a statement. The curriculum is based on'Intel AI For Youth', which is an immersive, hands-on learning programme using experiential methodologies covering both social and technological skills. "AI has become a strategic imperative for worldwide economic growth and will continue to be one of the most crucial technologies of the future," said Shweta Khurana, Director-Programmes, Partnerships and Policy Group at Intel India. "Our collaboration with CBSE is a meaningful step towards enabling our youth to become digitally-empowered and effectively utilise emerging technologies such as AI to solve pressing local and global challenges," Khurana added.

Young students can shape up their career orientation only when they are not loaded with content-based curriculum, CBSE's Skill Education Director Biswajit Saha said on Tuesday. The flexibility in the system should be adopted by the school curriculum and the focus needs to be on activity-based skill formation of students, he said at an education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. As part of new-age skill education, CBSE has planned to offer Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an optional sixth subject for class 11 students from academic session 2109-20 onwards. Further, an AI-inspired module of 12 hours will be introduced for class 8 students by CBSE. Apart from artificial intelligence, subjects such as yoga, early childhood education will also be introduced as electives.

Young students can shape up their career orientation only when they are not loaded with content-based curriculum, CBSE's Skill Education Director Biswajit Saha said on Tuesday. The flexibility in the system should be adopted by the school curriculum and the focus needs to be on activity-based skill formation of students, he said at an education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. As part of new-age skill education, CBSE has planned to offer Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an optional sixth subject for class 11 students from academic session 2109-20 onwards. Further, an AI-inspired module of 12 hours will be introduced for class 8 students by CBSE. Apart from artificial intelligence, subjects such as yoga, early childhood education will also be introduced as electives.

CBSE target for 22,000 schools to learn AI and other futuristic technologies. In order to prepare teachers with AI integrated teaching-learning, CBSE has recently launched 2 'facilitators' handbooks. The second handbook suggests how schools are able to teach the teachers from training VI to X with AI-enabled technology of reference to the useful things/themes through their respective curricula. The document talks about how AI-based equipment is able to improve learning across disciplines equally within and outside the classrooms. The idea helps assistance facilitators present AI in classrooms through games," and fun activities affirm Biswajit Saha, Director, Training and skill Education, CBSE.