New Delhi, April 2 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a structured curriculum on Computational Thinking (CT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for classes 3 to 8, aimed at building AI-readiness among students from an early age. Launched by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday, the curriculum recommends 50 hours annually for classes 3 to 5 and 100 hours for classes 6 to 8, ensuring a gradual and age-appropriate progression for a phased integration of CT and AI concepts into school education. For classes 3 to 5, CT will be embedded within existing subjects such as environmental studies-through The World Around Us textbook-and mathematics. Students will learn foundational skills like logical th...