China's education ministry orders AI teaching across all school and university levels
China's Ministry of Education issued an 'AI Plus Education' plan requiring dedicated AI courses plus cross-subject AI content in primary and secondary schools, and AI in the basic curriculum for all university students. It also promotes AI for homework management, grading, Q&A and tutoring, with the goal of a complete AI education system covering all levels of schooling and the wider public by 2030.
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It sets the largest school system in the world on a compulsory AI-education path, creating a huge domestic market for Chinese education AI tools.
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