‘Punjab becomes first state to teach AI from class 1 to 12’:Harjot Bains

Chandigarh, July 22

Punjab has become the first state in India to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a mainstream subject for students from Class 1 to Class 12 in all Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) schools, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains announced on Wednesday.

In a post on X, Bains said AI would now be taught as a core subject in every government school affiliated with the PSEB, extending the programme to children in both cities and villages.

“From today, Artificial Intelligence is a core subject in every PSEB school across Punjab. Every child — city or village — will learn the skills the world’s leading nations are racing to teach theirs,” he wrote in a post on X. Calling the move a milestone in the state’s education reforms, the minister said Punjab had become the first state to make AI a mainstream subject across all school grades, from Class 1 to Class 12.