CT & AI, explained properly
Written from the CBSE circulars, the Curriculum Framework and the official handbooks, with every claim linked back to the document it came from.
The mandate
CBSE's CT & AI mandate, explained in five minutes
Two circulars in April 2026 made Computational Thinking and AI compulsory from Grade 3. Here is what was actually decided, and what it means for your timetable.
14 July 2026 · 5 min read
Curriculum
What is computational thinking? A guide for teachers who don't code
CBSE names exactly six computational-thinking skills. None of them require a computer, and you almost certainly teach four of them already.
7 July 2026 · 7 min read
In the classroom
CBSE didn't ask the computer teacher. It asked you.
The framework assigns Computational Thinking to subject teachers, not to the computer lab. That single sentence is what most schools missed.
30 June 2026 · 6 min read
Assessment
How many hours, in which grade
Fifty hours in Grades 3–5 and a hundred in 6–8. What each band owes, and how it is assessed.
23 June 2026 · 6 min read
In the classroom
Grades 3–5: teaching CT with no computer lab
The framework asks for fifty unplugged hours inside Mathematics. Here is what a period looks like, and why no devices is the design rather than a compromise.
16 June 2026 · 6 min read
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