Language translation will enable Africa to use native language instruction to improve educational outcomes while making it possible to translate all of the textbooks and digital resources. This can also improve reading and writing skills with speech recognition powered by AI.
Existing examples in Africa include Lelapa AI in South Africa which builds natural language processing models for isiXhosa, isiZulu, and Sesotho. Masakhane is a project that brings together researchers from all over Africa to work on natural language processing. Mozilla Common Voice Africa as the largest open speech dataset for African languages. Possibilities and dangers of poor translations can lead learners astray.
International universities are using AI for research, running their schools, and teaching online. African universities can use these tools to boost innovation and make them more competitive on a global scale. Artificial Intelligence makes lab work more efficient and speeds up research. Predictive analytics helps colleges and universities keep students from dropping out. AI makes online learning suggestions and tests better. The consequences for Africa include the enhancement of bridging gaps in research capabilities. It also makes it easier for students to get help and for the campus to run smoothly. Finally, it makes it easier to get affordable online degrees.
Examples from Africa include Makerere University in Uganda which uses artificial intelligence to keep an eye on livestock and diseases on farms. AIMS in Rwanda is helping top African AI researchers grow. UNISA, or the University of South Africa South Africa uses AI chatbots to help students with their needs. The associated risks are of course higher costs and the possibility of an intellectual exodus.
The main goal of AI in education is to improve educational policy and data frameworks with AI. This contributes to better governance for future classrooms in Africa through the use of artificial intelligence in educational policy and data systems. Most developed countries are using AI to make school governance better. Africa can use similar technologies to make systems better and support policymaking based on evidence.
UNESCO ' s AI governance frameworks for schools and other educational systems are some of the global frameworks adopted in this sector. Singapore, India, and Finland are using AI analytics to help
them make policy using AI modeling to make sure that schools and colleges meet the needs of the job market.
For Africa, this means that enrollment, performance, and attendance metrics need to be watched all the time to better distribution of teachers and materials and to find potential dropouts early on.
Kenya ' s NEMIS is looking into how to use AI in its work. Rwanda ' s digital-first strategy is making it possible for AI to be used all over the country. The Department of Basic Education in South Africa is testing a program that uses AI to check the quality of infrastructure. The risks include privacy issues and weaknesses in cybersecurity. For education to be fairer in Africa, the continent must ethically adopt AI.
William Baraza is Director and Chief Executive Officer, African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute. You can commune with him via email at: WBaraza @ afralti. org.
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