LUCKNOW: In coming months, the Uttar Pradesh government will introduce digital literacy, coding and artificial intelligence (AI) in the curriculum of madrassa students. Therefore, on Wednesday an orientation module on AI will be introduced for teachers of madrassa at Lucknow’s Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
Speaking to TOI, additional chief secretary, minority development and Muslim waqf department, Monika S Garg said, “In collaboration with the basic education department, we are organizing an orientation module on AI for teachers of madrassa on Wednesday. The objective is to promote computational thinking by including digital literacy, coding and artificial intelligence in the curriculum of madrassa students.”
She said, “A total of 22 videos with the help of subject experts have been prepared, to provide information about Al to the madrassa teachers.”
According to the UP government there are 13,92,325 students who are studying in 16,513 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh. Curriculum based on NCERT is being taught in these madrassas.
“Till now 1,275 madrassas have been provided computers and 7,442 madrassas have been provided book banks including science and mathematics kit,” said a government statement issued on Tuesday.
