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what AI and education are or may be. Fitria (2021) and p-values are calculated to determine the strength of
conducted a study on Artificial intelligence (AI) in association.
education: using AI tools for teaching and learning process.
The study revealed that AI has been extensively used in a
number of educational technology platforms, including, 4. ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Virtual Mentor, Voice Assistant such as Google Assistant
(Google), Siri (Apple), Cortana (Microsoft), Intelligent
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Content, etc. Limna et al (2022) . Their study found that TABLE 1 provides the demographic and technical
AI helps educators and learners in many ways, such as landscape among a sample of 200 college and University-
providing students with access to a vast array of educational level students in Assam. A notable observation is that about
resources tailored to their individual subject areas and 66.5% of students utilize AI for academic purpose, while
learning requirements. 33.5% do not incorporate AI for their academic activities.
Among the student sample, males comprise a majority,
representing 65% of the total, while females comprise 35%.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The data indicates a higher concentration of students
residing in urban areas (63%) compared to rural areas
(37%). Most parents of the sampled students possess at
The main objectives of the present study are: least a secondary education level (30%) or Higher (39%),
with a small proportion (9.5%) being illiterate. As far as
i. To assess the level of awareness among college family income is concerned, families across various income
and university-level students in Assam regarding brackets are represented, with each segment accounting for
AI. roughly one-fourth to one-third of the total. Nearly all
ii. To study the perspective of these students as sampled students (95%) own essential technical devices
regards AI in education. such as computer, laptop and mobile phones.
iii. To assess the association between AI usage in Regarding familiarity with AI and AI-related courses,
academic purpose and the socio demographic 14.5% is „not familiar at all‟, while a significant portion
characteristics of these students. falls into the „moderately familiar‟ (38.5%) and the
„somewhat familiar‟ (31.5%) categories. Only a minority
(15.5%) claim to be “very familiar” with AI concept.
3. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
Moreover, only a small fraction (7%) of the sampled
students has undergone any AI-related courses, indicating a
Quantitative research has been used to investigate the potential gap in AI education.
prevalence of AI usage among college and university-level
students in the North-Eastern state of Assam in India. A TABLE 1- DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE AND
cross-sectional survey design is employed to collect data UNIVERSITY LEVEL STUDENTS IN ASSAM BY
from a sample of 200 students selected randomly from THEIR BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS:
various educational institutions during the month of April,
2024 across Assam. Data have been collected through a Background Frequency Percent
structured questionnaire from the selected participants Characteristics
using Simple Random Sampling technique. Do you use AI for Yes 133 66.5
academic purpose No 67 33.5
Key variables examined in the study include demographic 130 65.0
Male
characteristics of selected participants such as age, gender, Gender Female 70 35.0
place of residence, academic year and other variables such Place of residence Urban 126 63.0
as use of AI for academic purpose, literacy level of parents, Rural 74 37.0
monthly income of parents, possession of Literacy of Illiterate 19 9.5
computer/laptop/mobile phone, etc., infrastructure access, parents Basic 43 21.5
knowledge and usage of AI and whether they have you Secondary 60 30.0
undergone any AI related course. Higher 78 39.0
Monthly income Below 60 30
Descriptive Statistics has been employed to analyze the of parents 15000
prevalence of AI usage among college and university-level 15000- 57 28.5
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students in Assam based on the sample of 200 participants. 30000- 32 16.0
Chi-square analysis is conducted to examine the association 60000
between demographic variables and usage of AI in Above 53 26.5
academic purpose. The significance level is set at α=0.05 60000

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