CBSE/DIR./SE./AI/2020 May 05.

2020
Circular No: Acad 32/2020
To
All Heads of Institutions affiliated to CBSE

Subject: Online Awareness / Capacity Building Programme on Artificial Intelligence

Dear Principal,
Greetings from CBSE!
1. To make school studentsAI-ready,Central Board of Secondary Educationhas introduced Artificial
Intelligence as a skill subject Secondary and Senior Secondary level along with a 12-hour ‘Inspire’
module for class VIII.
2. In order to extend support to teachers during this lockdown period, CBSE in association with IBM and
Intel has planned following Online Awareness / Capacity Building Programmes/ Self-learning modules
for Principals and teachers :

PROGRAMMES DATES AND TIMINGS LINK FOR REGISTRATION

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A. Online Awareness Kick-Off webinar on 14 May https://forms.gle/98LgrXa5kZtcrz3a6
Programme to introduce 2020
Artificial Intelligencein (For details refer to Annex. A)
class XI. 2:00 PM to 4:15 PM
B. Online Capacity Building 18th, 20th, 22ndMay 2020 https://forms.gle/98LgrXa5kZtcrz3a6
Programme for teachers
teaching AI in schools. 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (For details refer to Annex. B)
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C. Online Capacity Building First Batch begins from 6 http://bit.ly/AI4CBSERL
Programme for teachers May 2020. Dates of
teaching AI(For Class X). subsequent batches (each of (For details refer to Annex. C)
six days) shall be informed to
registered participants.
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
3. Therefore, schools desirous of participating in any of the above-mentioned programmes (as per the
eligibility), may register using specified link.
4. For any further query and feedback, the schools may contact:
 CBSE: Joint Secretary, Skill Education at [email protected]
 IBM: Ms.Gayathri Gurumurthy at [email protected]
 Intel India: Mr. Shivam Agarwal at [email protected]

(Dr. Biswajit Saha)

Director (Training and Skill Education)

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].
 Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a
request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:

1. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18-Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
Delhi-110016.
2. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector-62, Institutional Area, Noida 201309.
3. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi-
110054
4. The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh-160017
5. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim –737101
6. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar –791 111
7. The Director of Education, Govt. of A&N Islands, Port Blair - 744101
8. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector 3,
Rohini
9. The Additional Director General of Army Education, A – Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi-
110001
10. The Secretary AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202,Shankar Vihar
(Near APS), Delhi Cantt-110010
11. All Regional Directors/Regional Officers of CBSE with the request to send this circular to all the Heads
of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions for compliance.
12. All Regional Director/Heads/ In-Charges, COEs of the Board with request to disseminate the
information
13. All Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary/Assistant Secretary, CBSE
14. In charge IT Unit with the request to put this circular on the CBSE Academic website
15. The Head, Public Relations, CBSE
16. PPS to Chairperson, CBSE
17. SPS to Secretary and All Directors, CBSE

Director (Training and Skill Education)

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].
 Annexure A

ONLINE AWARENESS SESSION FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS

Kick-Off webinar on 14th May 2020
Timings: 2.00 pm – 4.15 pm
 Target participants: Principals and Teachers of CBSE affiliated schools who want to offer Artificial
Intelligence in Class XI from academic session 2020-2021.
 Link for Registration: https://forms.gle/98LgrXa5kZtcrz3a6

TOPICS COVERED DELIVERED BY DURATION

 Introduction of Artificial Intelligence as new elective

subject for class XI & XII  Director, CBSE 15 min
 Future Skills and Jobs related to AI

 Linkages of the IBM Curriculum framework for students

 IBM 15 min
and teachers in India

 Video on “Why AI” by John Cohn, IBM Fellow, MIT-IBM

 Recorded Video 15 min
Watson Lab

 Introduction on importance of creativity and motivation  Macquarie University,

30 min
and implementation in classrooms Australia

 Presenting CBSE-IBM K-12 AI Curriculum – run through the

 IBM Curriculum team 30 min
course outline, explain the levels, threads etc.

 Discussion on the IBM EdTech Youth Challenge  IBM 10 min

 Overview and orientation on the online teacher training

 IBM 10 min
schedule

 Open discussion / Q&A  IBM/CBSE 10 min

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].
 Annexure B

ONLINE TEACHER TRAINING SESSIONS (LIVE TRAINING)

18th, 20th and 22ndMay 2020
Timings: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
 Target participants: Teachers of CBSE affiliated schools teaching Artificial Intelligence
 Training shall be provided by faculty from IBM.
 Link for registration: Link for Registration: https://forms.gle/98LgrXa5kZtcrz3a6

Day 1: 18th May 2020

MODE OF
TOPICS COVERED DURATION
DELIVERY
Self - Learning

Module 1: Creating a Spark for AI (Intro to AI)

Link -Click here
90 mins (each
Module 2: AI Here, AI There... AI Who, What, Online Resource
module)
Where? (Modern –Day Applications)
Link - Click here

● What is AI?
● What is ML?
Online Training - Day 1

● Data 2 hours (with

breaks in between)
● Terminology of AI: Supervised, Unsupervised,
18thMay 2020

Deep Learning, Reinforced Learning, Neural Live webinar/ Note: The activity
Networks training through will be given to
● AI Applications: Chatbot, Alexa/Siri, Self-driving online platform teacher to work on
cars, Computer Vision etc. in their own time
Teacher take-home assignment: before they come
back for the next
Activity 1: Data-based activity (understanding data)
online session
Activity 2: Computer Vision activity (Teachable
machine)

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].
 Day 2: 20th May 2020
MODE OF
TOPICS COVERED DURATION
DELIVERY
Online Training - Day 2

● Deep Learning & Cognitive Computing 2 hours (with breaks in

● Math for AI between)
20th May 2020

o Set Theory
o Statistics Live webinar/ Note: The activity will be
o Regression training through given to teacher to work
online platform on in their own time
Teacher take-home assignment: before they come back
Activity 1: DL based activity for the next online
Activity 2: Regression – based activity session

Day 3: 22nd May 2020

MODE OF
TOPICS COVERED DURATION
DELIVERY

Module 3: Ethics in AI- Can you crack the moral

Learning

90 mins (each
Self -

code? (Benefits & Harms of AI) Online Resource

module)
Link - Click here

● AI Values & Ethics (with live interactive activity)

Online Training - Day 3

● Storytelling with Data

2 hours (with
22ndMay 2020

Teacher take-home assignment: breaks in between)

Live
Activity 1:Storytelling based activity webinar/training
through online Note:Storytelling
Activity 2: Empathy Map / DT Framework assignment to be
platform
uploaded by
teachers on
● Q&A and Teacher interaction common drive
● Close of Phase – 1 online teacher training

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].
 Annexure C

ONLINE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS (LIVE TRAINING)

 Target participants: Teachers of CBSE affiliated schools who are/shall be teaching AI to students in
class X in the session 2020-2021.
 Training shall be provided by faculty from Intel.
 First Batch begins from 6th May 2020. Dates of subsequent batches (each of six days) shall be
informed to registered participants.
 Link for Registration: http://bit.ly/AI4CBSERL

Day/ Session Timings Agenda

Unit 1: Introduction to AI: Foundational Concepts

Day 1 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 2: Introduction to AI: Basics

Unit 3: AI Project Cycle

Day 2 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 4: Advance Python (Theory)

Unit 4: Advance Python (Hands - on session)

Day 3 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 5: Data Science (Theory)

Unit 5: Data Science (Hands - on session)

Day 4 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 6: Computer Vision (Theory)

Unit 6: Computer Vision (Hands - on session)

Day 5 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 7: Natural Language Processing (Theory)

Unit 7: Natural Language Processing (Theory)

Day 6 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Unit 8: Evaluation

These webinars are a joint effort byCBSE and Intel to enable teachers to guide their students in a better
way. Postwebinars, appropriate hand-holding shallalso be provided through emails/ social media.

‘शिक्षा सदन’,17 , राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इंस्टीटूिनऱएररया, नई ददल्ऱी–110002

‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेऱ-e-mail: [email protected],[email protected].