R ecently, the Ministry of Education announced that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum would be introduced from Class 3 onwards for the next academic year (2026-27). Earlier, in July, the government had launched the ‘Skilling for AI Readiness’ initiative, under which thousands of CBSE schools will offer AI as a skill subject starting from Class 6. Should AI be introduced as part of school curricula? Aparajita Bharti and Viplav Baxi discuss the question in a conversation moderated by Sruthi Darbhamulla . Edited excerpts:

What do you think about the proposal to introduce AI as a foundational subject from a young age?

Aparajita Bharti : When we talk about AI education, we have to make a distinction between AI literacy and AI skills. AI literacy is the ability to understand h

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