Education Ministry Inks MoU with IBM to Improve CBSE's AI Curriculum For Classes 11, 12; Check Details Here

New Delhi: IBM, the Ministry of Education (MoE), and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have inked several Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide improved courses to youth and refresh CBSE's AI curriculum for Class 11 and 12.

The collaboration aims at co-creating curriculum and access to IBM's learning platform, IBM SkillsBuild, for equipping learners with school education, higher education, and vocational skills based on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (including generative AI), cybersecurity, cloud computing, and professional development skills.

IBM aims to provide access to digital content from IBM SkillsBuild to high school students, teachers, and trainers on the best skills in schools identified by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) as well as (National Institute of Open Schooling) NIOS. This program will be in online mode, via webinars and in-person workshops.

Additionally, IBM will refresh CBSE's AI curriculum for CBSE Class 11 and CBSE Class 12, aiming to develop a cyber skilling and blockchain curriculum for high school students hosted on IBM SkillsBuild. 

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IBM will work together with the Department of Higher Education, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTR), National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), and state skilling missions. 

This will be done to onboard affiliated students and faculty to IBM SkillsBuild and help them access the digital content, experiential learning, and fresh skills that will help them take on technical careers.

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, spoke at the event. He said, “India, with its vast and youthful population, stands at the cusp of tremendous potential. To harness this demographic dividend, it is crucial to equip the youth with the necessary skills to excel in today’s modern workforce”.

“This collaboration marks a significant stride toward our vision of a ‘Skilled India’ and in scaling up digital skills training and skill building in emerging technologies using the IBM SkillsBuild platform”, he further added.

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