Guwahati, Dec 8 (PTI) With artificial intelligence formally entering Assam’s school curriculum, IIT-Guwahati has taken the lead in training teachers and preparing textbooks to support the AI push, its director Prof Devendra Jalihal said on Monday.

Teachers from Bhutan had already undergone training at the institute, while faculty members from other northeastern states will be included in future batches, Jalihal told PTI.

“AI has been introduced as a subject in Class 11 in Assam government schools. Since it is new, teachers required training. The first batch of 126 teachers from across the state was trained here this year,” he told PTI.

The training was conducted at the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MFSDS&AI) at IIT-Guwahati, which offers academic progr

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