AI will be taught in schools from next month

The subjects of information technology and artificial intelligence will be taught to students in grades 6-9 and 10-13 from the year 2024.

Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha says that the pilot project will be implemented in 20 selected schools at the end of June.

He said this while participating in the award ceremony of the essay competition held to commemorate the Commonwealth Day.

This is being implemented with the aim of raising the education sector in this country along with the level of international education.

Also, in addition to teaching these new subjects, various steps have been taken to popularize the use of English among the student community.

The minister said that the situation will be further promoted in the future.

According to this, at the beginning of this year’s school studies, the children from the first grade have started using the English language in a practical approach in every school, and the enthusiasm for it among the students is showing a decreasing trend due to reasons such as teaching English from 3rd grade as a traditional approach.

The Minister also mentioned here that although students in Sri Lanka often have good writing and understanding abilities in the use of the English language, the weakness in explaining something to others in English is expected to be prevented by the implementation of these programs.

Furthermore, the Minister of Education said here that through the implementation of the transformational process of education in the school system, it is hoped to give the school children through STEAM education how to blend the conceptual knowledge acquired in the classroom under general education into practical use in the classroom as well as outside it.

Accordingly, by implementing STEAM education (STEAM-Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) based on the subject of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and art, there is no need to prepare for exams for a long time and get more marks in the term-end exams. He said students can easily get more marks through the practical modular method conducted in the daily classroom.