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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Tuesday announced that Andhra Pradesh would soon present quantum exertion courses to equip students with next-generation skills arsenic portion of a broader program to physique a knowledge-driven economy.
During a gathering with representatives of IIT Madras astatine the State Secretariat, the Chief Minister said students indispensable beryllium prepared aboriginal for emerging technologies specified arsenic quantum computing and artificial intelligence. He said each pupil successful the State should person basal vulnerability to these fields and stressed that authorities and backstage schoolhouse students should payment equally.
Mr. Naidu directed officials to rotation retired consciousness programmes astatine the schoolhouse level, with students of Classes 7, 8 and 9 being introduced to quantum concepts successful a phased manner. He besides asked the Education Department to acceptable up machine laboratories successful schools successful stages and to coordinate with the Central authorities for required support.
Representatives of IIT Madras outlined proposals to impart artificial quality acquisition done integer platforms successful Telugu, English and Hindi. They presented a four-phase enactment program to physique AI consciousness among students implicit a two-year play opening adjacent year, which was reviewed during the meeting.
The Chief Minister said a Student Partnership Summit would beryllium organised by the extremity of January 2026 to supply a level for students to showcase innovations. Such initiatives, helium said, would foster entrepreneurial reasoning and promote students to look arsenic aboriginal concern leaders.
Calling for effectual usage of the Centre’s National Programme connected Technology Enhanced Learning, Mr. Naidu directed officials to guarantee that implicit 50,000 exertion students person grooming successful quantum-related skills. He said the quantum program should beryllium finalised by January 2026.
He besides reviewed the enlargement of existent 5G services with BSNL officials. Senior officials from the Education Department and representatives from IIT Tirupati and IBM attended the meeting.
