The Next Phase of India’s AI Story Is Being Written in Schools
On October 23, 2026, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) introduced a 20-hour introductory module on Computational Thinking (CT) and Artificial Intelligence for Classes 9 to 12. Developed with faculty members from IIT Madras and IIT Jodhpur, it aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and assumes no prior AI knowledge.