India, July 23 -- The number of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-affiliated schools offering artificial intelligence (AI) as a subject to students in Classes 9 and 11 has seen a sharp rise, with Class 9 registrations surging by 1,833% - from 235 schools in 2019-20 to 4,543 in 2024-25 - and Class 11 by 1,080%, from 80 in 2020-21 to 944 in 2024-25, according to data shared by the union ministry of education in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Responding to questions raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Sujeet Kumar, union minister of state (MoS) in the ministry of education Jayant Chaudhary said that the board had signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Intel (Integrated Electronics) and IBM (International Busine...