Karnataka launches AI-powered digital assistant for govt school teachers to improve learning outcome
Bengaluru: Karnataka School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Friday launched the Shiksha Co-pilot, an AI-powered digital assistant for government school teachers which aims to improve learning outcomes.
The project is a collaboration between the Sikshana Foundation and Microsoft Research India.
Bangarappa stated the project aims to enhance learning outcomes among students and empower teachers to create comprehensive, personalised teaching resources and learning experiences grounded in local curriculum, language and context. He emphasised that automating lesson planning and resource generation will allow teachers to focus more on addressing the individual learning needs of their students. Additionally, he mentioned that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed them to take the necessary steps to improve the quality of education in government schools through the integration of AI.
“It will also support the dynamic curation of engaging teaching resources such as hands-on activities, assessments, real-world examples/ applications, short videos and comprehensive lesson plans based on teachers’ inputs. It also provides a chat-bot for teachers for self-learning and interactive content generation,” said a release.
The project will initially support 1,000 teachers from government schools across the state, which will later be extended.
Prasanna V.R., Chief Executive Officer of Sikshana Foundation, stated that GenAI has the potential to revolutionise multiple sectors. “We feel that a GenAI-based tool in the hands of the teachers will help in vastly improving learning outcomes,” he added.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
