In Rajasthan Schools, AI Is Teacher And Examiner

By Adrija Bose Jaipur, Rajasthan —On a summer afternoon, the students of Mahatma Gandhi government school in Jaipur are darkening the answers on a sheet of paper. When I ask 12-year-old Falguni if she knows who is going to check her paper, she looks towards the teacher and says, “Ma’am” and then immediately corrects herself and says “computer”. An app called RKSMB that was launched in September of 2022 had already checked 90 lakh papers, just three days since the examination began across the state. The answer sheets of three subjects: Maths, English, Hindi of students in Class 3 to Class 8 are…

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