Jakarta, July 9 -- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has emphasized that artificial intelligence (AI) is designed to assist teachers in their duties, not replace them.

"In the context of education, AI is not built to replace teachers, but rather to support them," head of the ministry's Center for Data and Information Technology, Yudhistira Nugraha, said during a discussion at Istiqlal Mosque here on Wednesday.

According to Nugraha, to effectively utilize AI in teaching, teachers need to master several stages.

The stages include identifying and understanding the information generated by AI, learning how to use AI, including creating prompts, applying them in the right context, and thinking critically about the responses pr...