53 Madhya Pradesh schools to teach AI; training centre for dropouts: Inder Singh Parmar

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh government is set to run 53 schools in 52 districts of the state where artificial intelligence technology will be taught to students with a curriculum spanning 240 hours from the next academic session, said Madhya Pradesh school education minister Inder Singh Parmar.

“We are going to run 53 schools in 52 districts of the state. We are going to teach the subject of Artificial Intelligence in these schools with 240 hours of curriculum from the next session. Madhya Pradesh is the heart of the country so at the same time we are going to do a new experiment under which the students of MP will be able to acquire the knowledge of the language of other states, we are also making efforts for that,” said Parmar in a tweet.

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The minister further said that arrangements are being made to recruit teachers for the project and to provide education in these 53 schools through an open board.

प्रदेश के 52 जिलों में 53 स्कूल हम संचालित करने जा रहे हैं। इन स्कूलों में आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस विषय को हम 240 घंटे पाठ्यक्रम के साथ में अगले सत्र से पढ़ाने जा रहे हैं। मध्यप्रदेश देश का हृदय स्थल है इसलिए साथ ही हम एक नया प्रयोग करने जा रहे हैं, pic.twitter.com/KmbValq4le

— इन्दरसिंह परमार (@Indersinghsjp) February 15, 2022

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Parmar also informed that the Madhya Pradesh government is building a training centre in Shujalpur where training can be provided to those individuals working in handloom, clay art, bamboo art, solar energy, repair and mechanical line. The training centre will provide training to those individuals who dropped out of school and are unemployed.

“Such a new initiative is being launched to provide employment opportunities to those children who have left studies after passing Class 5 or Class 8 or have left studies after failing Class 10. Such children and people who are unemployed will be able to get training in those training centres,” Parmar said.

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