In a pioneering move towards integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the education sector, the Kerala government has announced a comprehensive three-day training program for over 80,000 state secondary school teachers. Scheduled to commence from May 2, the initiative is spearheaded by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) with a vision to equip teachers with essential AI expertise by August 2024.

The program aims to empower teachers of classes 8 to 12 with hands-on training in AI techniques tailored to enhance teaching and learning experiences. According to a press release, the training will cover a wide array of AI applications, including summarization techniques for simplifying complex documents in various formats such as PDFs, images, and videos. Teachers will be trained to generate concise summaries while retaining crucial information and even creating new content using AI tools.

Additionally, the training curriculum includes sessions on image generation techniques, enabling teachers to create and edit subject-specific visuals, transform them into cartoons or paintings, and integrate text seamlessly. Prompt Engineering and Machine Learning segments will offer insights into formulating precise prompts essential for effective AI tool utilization and understanding programming mechanisms.

Through data visualization exercises, teachers will explore the potential of AI in creating presentations and animations, along with customizing tables, graphs, and charts to cater to specific educational requirements. The training will also focus on AI techniques for assessment purposes, empowering teachers to design various question formats, including unit tests, thereby enhancing the evaluation process.

K Anvar Sadath, Chief Executive Officer of KITE, highlighted the program’s objective to foster a culture of responsible AI usage and mitigate potential risks associated with AI. Teachers will engage in activities aimed at creating their avatars to gain insights into concepts like deepfakes, privacy concerns, and algorithm bias.

According to WFP reports, an alarming 1.2 million women are now grappling with malnutrition across the country.

The United Nations World Food Programme in Afghanistan has issued a warning concerning the escalating malnutrition rates among women and children in the country. The report emphasizes that over the past three years, malnutrition admissions in Kabul have tripled. The UN agency noted that Afghanistan’s malnutrition situation is deteriorating, attributed in part to reduced humanitarian supplies reaching the nation. The UN agency stated that the situation is getting “worse” in Afghanistan due to the increase in malnutrition. One of the main causes of the rise in malnutrition in Afghanistan has reportedly been the decrease in humanitarian supplies to the nation.

According to Mishro, a nurse at a malnutrition ward, the mental and psychological health of women has declined over the last two years, and the number of malnutrition cases in Afghanistan has been rising. She underlined that there is not enough room for these patients and that undernourished moms have contributed to their children’s malnourishment. “For women who are malnourished, the situation is not good in 50 per cent of cases,” she continued.

Meanwhile, the World Food Programme has also highlighted the rise in the number of malnourished women in the nation. This occurs at the same time that human rights organizations are becoming increasingly concerned about Afghanistan’s rising rates of poverty and malnutrition, particularly among women.

Afghan people have been leaving their homes because of poverty, insecurity, and conflicts in the country. Moreover, Afghanistan’s women have faced numerous challenges since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Taliban leaders have also disregarded international calls for women and girls to be given access to education and employment. Apparently, they have also issued warnings to other nations not to meddle in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs.