AI to be a Grade 8 optional subject from 2024 | Daily News

AI to be a Grade 8 optional subject from 2024

The Education Ministry plans to update syllabuses of all subjects that are now taught at government schools countrywide from Grades 8 to 13, from 2024.

This was revealed by Kurunegala senior Director of Education W.M. Balasooriya at a meeting of school heads of the district, at the Kurunegala Education Office, yesterday. Furthermore, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be an optional subject for Grade 8 students from 2024.

Several educational programmes to inculcate useful human values too would be introduced for the students and 2,500 school teachers would be trained for this at a cost of Rs. 5 million.


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