Can generative AI help bridge learning gaps in Indian schools?

AI tools are being used in Indian public schools to bridge learning gaps, but there are concerns about protecting student data. — Photo by Nikhita S on Unsplash

BENGALURU: In a classroom in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, half a dozen young students sit at a desk, listening intently to a small black device as a woman’s voice calls out simple sentences in English, that they then repeat carefully.

The device, an Amazon Echo Dot speaker, uses artificial intelligence-enabled voice recognition technology to help the students improve their reading, listening and speaking in English – for some their second language, for others their third.