Norway wants children to spend less time with AI and more time with books

The prime minister spoke at a press conference on Friday. The use of AI by younger children affects their cognitive skills and hinders their learning curve, resulting in them skipping valuable aspects of their education.

“The most important thing in school is for kids to learn reading, writing and math,” Storey said. To transform education, new standards and policies will take effect in late August when the new school year begins.

Norway’s evolving technology in the classroom

Under the proposed framework, primary and secondary school students would not be allowed to use generative AI tools in the classroom.. The government allows certain freedoms for students enrolled in secondary schools. AI tools must be used under teacher supervision.

However, the government understands the changing technological landscape in the modern world. Based on the idea of ​​this policy framework, the appropriate use of AI is permitted for students enrolled in upper secondary education to prepare them for higher education and society, so that students can pass secondary education without skipping over the learning curve.

Norway integrated technology into education in the 1990s and introduced tablets and iPads into classrooms since the 2010s. It was observed that fewer students relied on books or practiced handwriting in the classroom.

Norway plans a return to books

To reverse the impact of the introduction of tablets and iPads, the bill plans to use the money to buy more books for classroom use, the government said.

The Norwegian government will ban young children from using social media in April, following a framework introduced by Australia and other countries.

(This article is curated by Salonee Kulkarni, an intern at The Indian Express)