University of Technology and Arts of Byumba

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Emmanuel Ntakirutimana

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July, 2022

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Challenge and Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence in Rwanda Basic Education

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Introduction

• Artificial Intelligence is a branch of science which aimed at the stimulation of human intelligence processes. 
• The education system should have the capacity containing all kinds of educational data, tracking and analyzing students’ performance like an Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• The introduction of AI major courses in high level of universities have been advanced and produced graduates.

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Cont…….

• Artificial Intelligence is a branch of science which aimed at the stimulation of human intelligence processes. 
• The education system should have the capacity containing all kinds of educational data, tracking and analyzing students’ performance like an Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• The introduction of AI major courses in high level of universities have been advanced and produced graduates.

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• To take a case in point, AIED was claimed as the end of human era due to the fact that it exceeds the human intelligence.

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Rationale

• Artificial Intelligence Education is hindered by unprepared teachers to facilitate learners in interaction of this new education initiative.
• This should further be seen as digital illiteracy among teachers.
• The digital illiteracy among teachers comes to affect the effective the implementation educational technology.
• This also creates achievement gap in Rwandan basic education and education system as a whole.

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Cont……………

• Therefore, This study will help educational planners and stakeholders to find out the challenges and ethical aspects associated with implementation of artificial intelligence in Education.
• However, Teachers will find out the mitigation measures to improve their digital literacy in their daily teaching activities.

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Objectives

1. To indicate the challenges of Artificial Intelligence Education.
2. To identify the ethical aspects of Artificial Intelligence Education.
3. To establish the mitigation measures to improve artificial intelligence Education.

Methodology

• Purposive nonprobability sampling technique was used to select participants.
• Structured questionnaire was used as data collection tool.
• Descriptive statistics and thematic approach were used to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data collected.
• Figures and chats were used to present the obtained findings.

Challenge aspect of AIED

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Findings

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• Qualitatively, the respondents revealed that:
• Curriculum transition,
• Culture and religion of some countries,
• Resistance to change mindset
• were suggested as other challenges of AIED.

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Ethical aspect of AIED

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• Qualitatively, the respondents reveled that,
• Humanity,
• singularity,
• authentication and profitability,
• personal interest’ s investment,
• humanitarianism and solitary
• were suggested as ethical aspects of AIED.

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Mitigation measures to improve AIED�

• Ensure inclusive and equitable use of AI in education 
• Leverage AI to enhance education and learning
• Promote skills development for jobs and life in the AI era 
• Safeguard transparent and auditable use of education data 

Conclusion

• The study investigated the challenges, and ethical aspects of AIED.
• The study established that fragile technological infrastructure,
• inadequate government expenditure in education, achievement gap in education based on social economic group,
• resistance to implement AIED because of fear to be replaced by AIED,
• and unprepared teacher for AIED implementation were the main challenges of AIED

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• Culture integration,
• accountability,
• fairness,
• equity and affordability;
• security,
• and privacy were ethical aspects of AIED

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