NAVIGATING THROUGH AI-DRIVEN WORLD: CURRENT CRISIS IN EDUCATION AND THE CRITICAL ROLE OF HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP

Education system has three functions in society. First is to teach knowledge and skills, the second is to use exams to identify students, and the third is to provide a common sense of facts and values. These three functions can be referred to as ‘Human development’, ‘Sorting’ and ‘Socialisation’. The paper highlights the current crisis in education, where our education system has been focusing only on the ‘Sorting’ function rather than ‘Human Development’ inculcating the culture of rote memorisation and the developments in the fields of education are only quantitative than qualitative as evidenced by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER).  This paper explores and tries to understand the reasons behind the decreasing quality of education, the probable solutions with the help of AI in education, focusing on the balance between technological innovation, traditional learning approaches, and also emphasises on the importance of human oversight. While AI offers personalized learning, tailored curriculums, and interactive environments, it struggles with fostering cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking. Solutions such as the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach and the integration of Humans-in-the-Loop approach are proposed to address these gaps.