Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education, a division of the state’s General Education Department, is introducing an online training programme to enable people to use AI tools daily. According to an official statement, the four-week “AI Essentials” course is designed to make artificial intelligence simple to grasp and apply.
The statement added that each batch will have dedicated mentors, with one mentor for every twenty participants. The course will include video lessons, study materials, and weekly online sessions where participants can ask questions and learn more. The training is open to everyone, including students. As mentioned in the statement, it will cover how to use AI for everyday tasks, office work, social media content creation, and creative fields like art, music, and writing.
The course will also teach prompt engineering and responsible AI use. This is an improved version of the AI training KITE previously offered to 80,000 school teachers, now updated with new tools. The training will take place on the KOOL platform, which has already provided online courses to over 50,000 teachers.
The website has already opened registration for the first batch of 2,500 participants, and the deadline is March 5.
The release said the fee is Rs 2360, including GST, and payment must be made online.
KITE CEO K Anvar Sadath said that the classes will begin on March 10, and those who complete the course will receive a certificate.
KITE is a government-owned company that promotes, stimulates, and modernizes Kerala’s state-owned or government-aided educational institutions. The organization focuses on information and communication technology, capacity building, content development, connectivity, e-learning, satellite-based education, support and maintenance mechanisms, e-governance, and other related operations. It aims to transform Kerala into a knowledge society by enhancing educational quality through inclusive, sustainable, and technology-enabled initiatives.
