Telangana launches AI literacy drive for 2 million students

The Telangana School Education Department, in collaboration with Amazon Future Engineer and Pi Jam Foundation, has rolled out an AI literacy programme for nearly 2 million students in government schools. As part of the initiative, 2,000 laptops have been distributed to KGBVs and CURE schools to enhance digital access.

Hyderabad: The School Education department, in partnership with Amazon Future Engineer and Pi Jam Foundation, on Wednesday launched an initiative to enable AI literacy for nearly 2 million students across government schools in the State.

As part of this effort, 2,000 laptops have been distributed across Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, KGBVs and CURE schools to strengthen digital access and classroom learning. AI literacy has been introduced for students from Classes 5 to 9 through a structured digital learning textbook developed by SCERT Telangana, with content and implementation support from Pi Jam Foundation.

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To support hands-on learning, a dedicated state platform – telangana.codemitra.org – has been introduced, enabling students to practice and apply concepts covered in the Digital Learning curriculum.

Education department secretary Dr. Yogita Rana, School Education director Dr. E. Naveen Nicolas, Samagra Shiksha joint director BV Narasamma and representatives from Amazon participated in the launch.