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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BJP, JD(S) leaders helped win Channapatna bypoll: D K Shivakumar
Ramangara (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday hinted at cracks and squabbling within the BJP and the JD(S), as he gave credit to the leaders of these parties for the defeat of JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Channapatna assembly bypoll.
Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara won in Channapatna bypoll with a margin of 25,413 votes against his nearest rival and NDA candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, as results were announced on Saturday.
The Congress party swept all the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka, namely Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon, which went for bypolls.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the son of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. In September last year, JD(S) joined the NDA led by BJP.
“Many people from across the parties have helped us in this election (Channapatna). Congress had only 16,000 votes in the previous assembly election. It increased in the Lok Sabha election,” Shivakumar told reporters here.
According to him, many people from the JD(S) and the BJP supported the Congress. “If the BJP and the JD(S) leaders had not supported us directly or indirectly, we wouldn’t have got so many votes. I congratulate them,” Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, said.
He quipped that the JD(S), which had 19 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, has now reduced to 18.
Hailing the electorate, the Deputy CM said this was people’s verdict in favour of C P Yogeeshwara to develop Channapatna constituency.
There was no immediate reaction from the BJP or the JD(S) on it.
