How AI is helping bridge India’s teacher gap one classroom at a time

By – Fayyaz Hussain, Co-Founder & CEO, Roombr Technologies

India’s education system is at an inflection point. With over 26 crore students, 15 lakh schools, and a chronic shortage of qualified teachers—especially in government and rural institutions—the country faces a structural challenge that cannot be solved by hiring alone. According to various national estimates, India needs one million additional teachers to meet global student–teacher ratio standards. At the same time, existing teachers remain overburdened with administrative tasks, outdated teaching aids, and large class sizes that make personalised attention nearly impossible.

This combination of quantity shortage and quality pressure has created an urgent question: How can India ensure meaningful learning for every child, regardless of location or background?

Increasingly, the answer lies in the thoughtful and responsible deployment of AI inside the classroom, not as a replacement for teachers but as an intelligent assistant that ...