AI and Tech in the Classroom: How Artificial Intelligence is Rewriting School Education
The artificial intelligence in schools was treated as a distant possibility — something for pilot programs, ed-tech conferences, and future-of-work panels. That distance has collapsed. AI is no longer an experiment sitting at the edge of the classroom; it is becoming part of the daily architecture of teaching and learning, from how lessons are planned to how students are assessed and even how schools communicate with parents. The global AI-in-education market, valued at roughly $7.5 billion in 2025, is projected to grow more than tenfold by the middle of the next decade — a trajectory that reflects just how quickly ministries of education, school boards, and individual teachers have moved from curiosity to implementation.
Nowhere is this shift more visible — or more consequential — than in India, which has just taken one of the boldest steps of any country in the world: making AI and computational thinking mandatory subjects from Class 3 onward, starting with the 2026-27 academic year.
