Jashpur Brings AI, Coding and Robotics into Government School Classrooms, with a ‘Student Technology Passport’ for Every Learner

Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district has signed a non-financial MoU with Edu Roboverse to give Class 9–12 students in three government schools a year of hands-on training in AI, coding, robotics, machine learning and IoT, with every learner’s skills and projects recorded in a ‘Student Technology Passport’.

Students in government schools in Chhattisgarh’s largely tribal Jashpur district will soon be building sensor-driven smart systems instead of only reading about technology in textbooks. The district administration has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with technology education company Edu Roboverse to run a year-long programme in artificial intelligence (AI), coding, robotics and machine learning for students of Classes 9 to 12 in three government schools.

The agreement, announced by the state’s public relations department on 28 October 2026, is a non-financial collaboration. Local reports say classes are set to begin on 16 November.

What students will learn

Hands-on tech skills: practical training in AI, coding, robotics and machine learning across the academic year.
IoT projects: students will learn to connect sensors, motors and other devices using the Internet of Things (IoT) to build working smart systems.
Local problems, real projects: project work will focus on themes that matter in the district, including agriculture, water conservation, forests, environment and energy.
A trainer in every school: Edu Roboverse will place a dedicated trainer in each of the three schools, who will take classes two days a week and also train school teachers.

A ‘Student Technology Passport’ to track progress

Each participating student will get a Student Technology Passport, a record of the skills they pick up, their assessments and the projects they build. The programme will send monthly progress reports to the district administration, and students will present their projects at the end of the training.

Jashpur Collector Rohit Vyas said skills such as AI and robotics will matter in every field in the years ahead, and that the district’s children are talented and need only the right opportunity and guidance to compete with anyone. The aim, he said, is to move students beyond rote textbook learning towards learning by doing and finding solutions to problems around them.

Zila Panchayat CEO Abhishek Kumar, Edu Roboverse CEO Vishal Shrivastava and Director Anand Vikram Singh were present when the MoU was signed.

Why it matters

Most conversations about AI in Indian classrooms centre on curriculum notifications and big-city schools. District-led pilots like Jashpur’s test something harder: whether rural and tribal students can get regular, hands-on access to emerging technology through a trainer in the classroom and a clear record of what they have actually built. Two features stand out. Tying projects to local issues such as farming, water and forests gives students a reason to apply what they learn, and the Student Technology Passport offers a simple way to show skills beyond marks. With teacher training built in, the pilot could leave capacity behind in the schools once the year ends. How far it scales beyond three schools will depend on results, funding and whether the model can be absorbed into regular school timetables and existing labs.