Integrating Artificial Intelligence at Basic Education Level in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66545/m4416f64Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, basic education, opportunities, challengesAbstract
Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Basic education promises an edge with manifold opportunities but, at the same time, it goes along with some big challenges that require solutions. AI in basic education is poised to revolutionize conventional pedagogical approaches at the primary and post-primary school levels, personalize learning experiences, and ease administrative tasks. But it also deals with the challenges on implementation, pertaining to issues of accessibility, bias, error, cheating, isolation, and inability of students to explore their full potential due to unnecessary waste of time on the internet. The opportunities afforded by AI in education are immense and transformative. AI-driven technologies can tailor instruction to pupils and school learning styles, thereby improving pupil engagement and learning outcomes. Further, AI tools can perform administrative work, Additionally, it promotes
immersive learning environments through the use of virtual and augmented reality applications. This paper look into the opportunity of using AI at the foundational level of education and discusses benefits, challenges, and the potential it brings to effective learning experiences at that level. With the introduction of AI and related tools, it has become possible to use them in almost all aspects of life, and education was not an exception-though it has a very wide scope and with it a bunch of challenges that come along. The integration of AI into education opens up unparalleled opportunities for innovation and enhancement in teaching and learning, it is
prudent that such challenges are judiciously overcome with few recommendations suggested below.
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