A 15-year-old student in Japan allegedly used ChatGPT to carry out a cyberattack, sparking debate over AI misuse

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The arrest of a 15-year-old student in Japan over an alleged ChatGPT-assisted cyberattack has reignited concerns about how young people are using artificial intelligence beyond the classroom. The incident has sparked calls for stronger AI literacy, cybersecurity education and ethical training as schools increasingly adopt generative AI tools for learning. Artificial intelligence has become an […]

Schools need SEL assessments to fight chronic absenteeism

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Key points: Insight into student well-being is a critical part of fighting absenteeism Why students disengage before they fall behind When it comes to absenteeism, the real work begins in summer For more on student well-being, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Our schools face a paradoxical challenge: chronic absenteeism, which is being treated as […]

AISHE’s first NEP stocktake shows patchy reform map

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NEW DELHI: Four years after the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 set out to recast undergraduate education, research, credit mobility and industry linkages, the first AISHE stocktake of NEP implementation shows an uneven reform map. Only 56% of responding universities have introduced four-year undergraduate programmes, 49% offer multiple entry and exit, 55% participated in NIRF, […]