Intel and CBSE collabrates to empower 1 lakh students for'Intel AI For Youth'

Tech giant Intel and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to digitally empower nealry one 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 one 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.

Among other initiatives, the programme includes setting up focused AI Skills Labs, co-development and roll-out of an AI curriculum for students and creating AI-readiness by skilling facilitators across CBSE schools. The MoU also stated that Intel, along with CBSE will soon be launching a ''National AI Olympiad'' to motivate young students to showcase their



"meaningful social impact solutions as evidence of achievement".

Speaking on the matter, a senior Intel India executive, Shweta Khurana, said the company's collaboration with CBSE is a "meaningful step" towards enabling the country's youth to become digitally-empowered. She held that AI can be effectively utilised to solve pressing local and global challenges. Khurana added that Artificial Intelligence will continue to be one of the most crucial technologies of the future and further economic growth.

The comprehensive programme called ''Intel AI For Youth'' programme was piloted with eight schools, training youth to create AI projects focused on social impact in 2019, with the aim to empower 1,00,000 students with AI-readiness skills in 2020. "Our collaboration with Intel has helped us empower the youth with AI skills in an inclusive way and we hope to take this journey ahead in a big way in the coming years," Biswajit Saha, Director, Skill Education and Training, CBSE was quoted as saying.