INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Education has decided to introduce Artificial Intelligence as a subject in the school syllabus from Grade 08.Accordingly,
Information Technology (IT) will be made a compulsory subject at the G.C.E Ordinary Level examination henceforth.Speaking on the matter,
Susil Premajayantha stated that although it was initially planned to introduce Artificial Intelligence as a subject in Grade 10, it was
technology in modern society, Premajayantha stated that in another five years, finding employment in industries apart from the labour
industry will prove to be difficult without even the most basic knowledge about IT.He further noted that such transformative changes are
required to help students face the challenges that arise in the 21st century, and denounced maintaining of the same exam-centered approach
with only a few minor tweaks useless.
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://adaderana.lk
