Kochi, Aug. 24 -- Kerala has once again set a national benchmark by integrating Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC) into its school ICT textbooks for all students.

This follows the state's earlier success in being the first to incorporate Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Fact-Checking into the curriculum.

The revised ICT textbooks, prepared by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the technology wing of the Department of General Education, provide this unique learning opportunity in alignment with the AVGC-XR (Extended Reality) policy introduced by the state government last year.

The new curriculum introduces students to digital arts and music from a young age. In the Class 3 chapter titled...