FAQs - Know More About the Mission for Colleges
The mission is about implementing the
Focusing on AI Readiness (FAIR) policy, which provides comprehensive guidelines for colleges to become AI-ready. It involves improving every aspect of the college, focusing on making students and teachers AI ready.
This mission prepares students for the future job market by equipping them with skills that are essential for working with AI. It also helps the college become a leader in AI readiness, transforming its teaching, learning, and administrative processes.
The
FAIR policy is a guideline document with suggestions and advice for colleges to become AI-ready. It includes a policy statement acknowledging AI's disruptive force, clear priorities (student and teacher AI readiness, use of AI in teaching, and administrative processes), definitions of AI readiness for students, teachers, and the institution, and 11 measures for successful implementation.
The
FAIR policy includes starting an AI Readiness Lab, upgrading the curriculum to include DCIM and the 4Cs, building teacher capacity, transforming the training and placement cell, creating a knowledge-sharing portal, and conducting awareness drives, among other measures.
College students graduating in the next few years need to be AI-ready, or they will find it next to impossible to start a career. The current college curriculum is outdated, and students are not gaining the necessary AI readiness skills.
Students will gain DCIM skills (online safety, online learning, and online reputation management), the 4Cs (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication), and hands-on experience using AI tools. These skills are essential for both career opportunities and protection from job displacement.
No, the mission is not focused on teaching AI and ML as technical skills to computer science students. It's a broad mission for all higher education streams, including healthcare, agriculture, commerce, and law.
Implementing the FAIR policy will take at least one full academic year, with initiatives continuing for at least two years for full benefits. This should be considered a two-year transformation program.
If a colleges does not start the AI Readiness skills mission, it will not be the place where students become AI-ready (because its programs are outdated). Students of such colleges will not have the necessary skills for the future, making those colleges irrelevant in the higher education space.
NO! All the above skills (the entire pyramid) are compulsory for becoming AI-Ready. Removing any of the skills will compromise the AI-Readiness of your students and teachers.