06 Dec 2019
Singapore’s national artificial intelligence strategy was unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat last month. Education is one of five AI projects identified. The others are in healthcare, transport and logistics, smart cities and estates, and border security.
However, human teachers will still play an important role. Automated systems will be applied in limited areas such as open-ended, short-answer questions and essays.
An “adaptive learning” system for mathematics will be launched in 2025. It will use machine learning to tell how each student responds to various learning materials and activities, and customise learning.
The MOE will expand both systems to include more subjects in 2030.
In healthcare, a new system dubbed Selena+ will be deployed across Singapore by 2022 to help detect eye conditions, including diabetic eye disease. Before Selena+, images were processed by human graders staring at retinal images on a screen.