Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar directed officials to explore a partnership with Google, which he said is keen to provide AI education in schools. He said Google had started AI training in Telangana and asked officials to work with the Information Technology Department to extend AI education in government schools from Class 9 to Class 6. The meeting also asked deputy commissioners to approve tenders for 1,000 new Karnataka Public Schools and lay foundation stones before November 14.
Techloy, citing an Al Jazeera report, says six elementary schools in Seoul, South Korea, are piloting an AI curriculum with about 3,000 students in grades three to six. Students first learn AI ethics, then data management, AI algorithm fundamentals, block coding, and how to build facial recognition cameras and robots. An executive from the Seoul AI Foundation called the program part of a national strategy, and more than 34,000 teachers have been trained since 2020.
On 5 October 2026, Saving Grace Education announced that its Saving Grace AI Tutor is available free of charge to South African Grade 12 learners preparing for their final examinations. The platform is CAPS-aligned and uses a conversational approach for questions and explanations, and can generate interactive visual explanations on its learning board. The company says it is designed to assist learning rather than replace teachers or independent thinking.
Moneycontrol reported that the Karnataka government plans to partner with Google for AI training in government schools. The same report lists AI education and a plan for 1,000 KPS schools among the state's fast-tracked 100-day priority projects. It also says the government plans to train and prepare 2,000 farmers to become exporters by March 2027.
On October 5, 2026, AI-native digital engineering company TO THE NEW announced an enterprise-wide learning partnership with online learning platform Coursera. All 2,200+ TO THE NEW employees will receive access to Coursera's full enterprise learning catalog and follow role-specific paths curated by practice leads, supporting the company's company-wide AI Adoption Accelerated Program. The program will cover its 2,200+ engineers across India, the U.S., the UAE and Australia, with employees onboarded in phases.
A 2023 SAGE Open study examined whether automatic feedback from AI speech evaluation programs can help English as a foreign language (EFL) learners develop speaking skills. Forty EFL learners in China took part, with qualitative and quantitative data collected. Results showed most participants believed the AI speaking evaluation program's feedback improved their speaking skills, and mean speaking-skill scores rose significantly from pre-test to post-test. The study suggests AI speaking evaluation systems offer more varied textual feedback and practical suggestions.
