Advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and quality education: Prospects and challenges with special reference to India

Abstract

Education aims at brining desirable behaviour modification and making learning a life long process through the development of potential qualities and abilities. In order to impart education for making a better world it changes with due course of time and incorporates ideas, concepts, knowledge that are relevant. This is one of the areas that quality education wants to avail through SDG4. The recent advancement in science and technology has ushered in new possibilities and provisions for achieving quality education especially the advancement in AI like ChatGPT, the world is expecting a dynamic shift in quality education interms of access and inclusion of learner. However, though the world is hiking AI for quality education, it might not be same for the developing countries like India. It seems to be a bit critical and complex where some allied areas need to be taken care of. This paper will try to look into those critical junctures along with the prospects that AI brings to the Indian education system aligning with SDG4 and quality education. It will also try to infer some postulates that advancement of AI will have on Indian educational scenario using secondary data.