Madhya Pradesh Plans AI Education in Government Schools as PGI Data Show 63,000 Schools Without Internet

The Madhya Pradesh government is preparing to introduce artificial intelligence education in government schools in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), while PGI 2025-26 data show major infrastructure gaps: 63,136 government schools have no internet connectivity, 38,958 have no computers, 7,718 still lack electricity, and 45,743 lack computers for teaching-learning activities. On digital learning indicators, Indore scored 21 out of 50, Bhopal 20, Gwalior 17, Jabalpur 14 and Narsinghpur 14, while Niwari ranked lowest with 6 points.

AI education depends on basic conditions such as electricity, connectivity and devices, and the PGI data place the state's curriculum plan against the resources schools can actually access at the same point in time, showing that introducing a curriculum does not by itself give students access to AI learning. For education authorities, the scale of the gaps shapes the pace of rollout and the priority for resource allocation; for AI education product and content providers, the number of schools without internet or computers directly affects the addressable market and deployment methods. These judgments rest only on the PGI 2025-26 statistical scope; the original text does not provide the specific grades, class hours, teacher training arrangements or implementation timetable for the AI curriculum. The rollout of AI education in Madhya Pradesh government schools will be constrained by electricity, internet and computer gaps, limiting short-term coverage across all schools. The deployable reach of AI education products and services in Madhya Pradesh is limited by device and connectivity conditions, requiring offline or low-device-dependency approaches.