Why is it in the news?
Experts emphasised integrating the “Three A’s” — Adoption, Absorption and Application — into educational curriculum.
Aligns with NEP 2020 vision of a technology-driven educational ecosystem.
Category: Science and Technology
Important Points:
● “Three A’s” framework: Adoption, Absorption, Application
● Adoption focuses on AI literacy, tool fluency, prompt engineering and digital adaptability
● Absorption stresses critical thinking, fact-checking and ethical reasoning
● Application promotes real-world problem-solving and innovation using AI
● NEP 2020 envisions technology-driven ecosystem and proposes National Educational Technology Forum (NETF)
● Risk of “Cognitive Offloading” due to excessive AI dependency
● Concerns over Data Sovereignty as student data processed on foreign servers
● Proposal for Sovereign AI Cloud for education access
● Suggestion for mandatory “AI Citizenship” course from Class 8 onwards
● Emphasis on process-based assessment instead of output-based evaluation