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This afterword explains how the chapters can be read and published as a series, and invites responses from teachers, parents, students, and others. It also considers how artificial intelligence could provide academic support while keeping care and inclusion at the centre.
- The chapters can be read separately or together as one argument.
- Readers are invited to share stories and accounts of what has worked in schools and neighbourhoods.
- Letters from contemporary Indian students and parents could carry the force of lived exclusion.
- Artificial intelligence can offer patient, multilingual, adaptive academic support at low cost.
- Technology should reach children with the least help and support teachers as allies.
These chapters are written so that they can be published serially on www.indianangel.in. Each can be read on its own; together they form a single argument. Readers—teachers, parents, students, and others—are invited to respond with their own stories and with accounts of what has worked in their schools and neighbourhoods. The original Letter to a Teacher drew its force from being written by those who had lived the exclusion. Contemporary Indian letters, written by today’s students and parents, would carry the same force.
On artificial intelligence: the technical capacity now exists to offer patient, multilingual, adaptive academic support at low cost. The remaining questions are questions of will and of design. Will the tools be placed first in the hands of the children who currently have the least help? Will teachers be supported to use them as allies? Will the spirit remain “I care” rather than another instrument of selection? If the answer to these questions is yes, then technology can help us complete the work that the boys of Barbiana began.
Frequently asked questions
Can each chapter be read on its own?
Yes. Each chapter is written for serial publication, and each can be read on its own while the chapters together form a single argument.
Who is invited to respond to the series?
Teachers, parents, students, and others are invited to share their own stories and accounts of what has worked in their schools and neighbourhoods.
How can artificial intelligence support students?
Artificial intelligence can provide patient, multilingual, adaptive academic support at low cost. The chapter says its use depends on questions of will and design.
How should artificial intelligence be used in schools?
The tools should first reach children who currently have the least help, support teachers as allies, and preserve the spirit of care rather than selection.