New Delhi:Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday said that the government has been analysing to introduce machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) at the school level.
He said that India would be the first such country if adopt these advance technology at the school level. However, experts claim that these kinds of studies have been in practice in foreign countries for the last 5-7 years.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank during a virtual conference on Monday The Education Minister made these claims while addressing a virtual conference at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute on Monday. He was speaking over the topic- ' New national educational policy 2020'.
He said the new national educational policy will help arrest brain drain and give a boost to research in higher education institutes.
"Between 7.5 lakh to 8 lakh, Indian students are studying abroad and this drains out Rs 1.5 lakh crore from here to foreign countries. We are going to strengthen parameters under our 'stay in India' campaign for which research will be put on the fast-track under the new education policy," he said.
He said those who had studied in India were leading some of the big corporations in the world. Under the new education policy, some 100 top international universities would be invited to India for "knowledge exchange", the minister said.
He said the Centre wants to make higher education institutions an international brand under its 'study in India' campaign. He said 50,000 foreign students had registered for admission in institutes in the country but the move has been stalled currently due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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