With recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), there has been growing interest in using state of the art (SOTA) AI solutions to provide assistance in grading handwritten answer sheets. While a few commercial products exist, the question of whether AI-assistance can actually reduce grading effort and time has not yet been carefully considered in published literature. This work introduces an AI-assisted grading pipeline. The pipeline first uses text detection to automatically detect question regions present in a question paper PDF. Next, it uses SOTA text detection methods to highlight important keywords present in the handwritten answer regions of scanned answer sheets to assist in the grading process. We then evaluate a prototype implementation of the AI-assisted grading pipeline deployed on an existing e-learning management platform. The evaluation involves a total of 5 different real-life examinations across 4 different courses at a reputed institute; it consists of a total of 42 questions, 17 graders, and 468 submissions. We log and analyze the grading time for each handwritten answer while using AI assistance and without it. Our evaluations have shown that, on average, the graders take 31% less time while grading a single response and 33% less grading time while grading a single answer sheet using AI assistance.

What do you think of when you think of schools and colleges? A classroom full of students furiously scribbling down notes while a teacher is droning on about a topic which is "very important for your midterms". Exams are a very important and indispensable part of education. They are important milestones in a student's educational journey, and students are understandably stressed about them. In an academic year, students have to give as many as 12 exams per semester, which means up to 24 exams in one year!

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to introduce Artificial Intelligence(AI) course as an elective subject in Classes 8,9, and 10 from the next academic session. The decision was taken in the recently held meeting of Board's governing body. By launching AI as a skill subject, Board's vision is to make the students well-versed in technologies and enhance their technical know-how. According to officials, The subject AI will be one of the optional subjects on the vocational side. The idea of introducing AI as a school subject was originated in a session held at the NITI Ayog, from where the Board began to explore the concept.

Aiming to make school students well-versed in technologies shaping the future, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce artificial intelligence as an elective subject. "The decision to introduce artificial intelligence as a skill subject was taken at a recent meeting of the board's governing body. It has been decided that the subject would be introduced in classes 8, 9 and 10 as a skill subject," a member of the board's governing body said. Artificial intelligence is the ability of a machine to think, learn and perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition and decision-making skills. Capabilities demonstrated by machines, including computers, from playing chess to operating cars and beyond, fall within the domain of artificial intelligence. With technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics and big data making a huge impact globally, it is important that the board modernises its curriculum to stay abreast of the latest developments, the governing body member said.

External collaboration: This program is designed in collaboration with SAS.

An increasingly large number of futurists warn this society about the evils of artificial intelligence, or AI. However, most of them agree that AI, scary as it may be, will perform wonders in some fields. These include medical breakthroughs and a revolution in the world of education. With planes on autopilot to robotic doctors with impeccable efficiency, the world is poised at a threshold. This threshold was similar to that when the first few computers were built, but the impact that AI can have on this world is far greater than any other invention before. Today, AI is in its infancy.