Speaking at TEDx Talks, on how artificial intelligence can transform the education system, Scott Bolland, a cognitive scientist stated that 63 percent of learners are disengaged at school. That is, they are either physically or mentally absent when the teacher is teaching, and that's why only a few grasp the skills they need to make a meaningful life. Nonetheless, hope is coming to pull that number down, that I can bet. We've come from far and are definitely going somewhere. A few years back, you just needed at least a wooden blackboard and a chalk to say the classroom is equipped.

In recent years, technology has shaped classrooms all over the world. Not too long ago, chalk and blackboards were all you needed, but then computers, tablets, and the internet came along. But recently, education is being augmented and taken to next level by virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI). According to a recent Pearson report, AI is set to positively transform education in the coming years. "The future offers the potential of even greater tools and supports. Imagine lifelong learning companions powered by AI that can accompany and support individual learners throughout their studies -- in and beyond school -- or new forms of assessment that measure learning while it is taking place, shaping the learning experience in real time," the authors of the report wrote.