The Role of AI in Bridging Learning Gaps in Underprivileged Regions

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already trembling the education system of the world radically and providing new solutions to the traditional problems of accessibility, quality and inclusivity. This research paper will elaborate on the application of AI to address the educational injustice of the poor neighborhoods where resource scarcity, inadequate infrastructure, and supply of the teachers is still an obstacle to education. In the paper, the authors examine how AI-based technologies, such as adaptive learning platforms, intelligent tutoring systems and language translation applications, are capable of delivering customized learning and addressing the various learning needs and address geographic and socioeconomic disadvantages. The paper examines how AI-based educational programs have successfully been used in developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America based on the recent case studies and empirical evidence. It discusses the potential of machine learning and data analytics to identify learning patterns among students and predict academic risk and timely interventions. Furthermore, the importance of the ethical deployment is also mentioned in the research, which presupposes the transparency, insensitivity towards cultural differences, and the equality of the access to the digital assets. The study does not disqualify such issues as dependency on technology, data security, and unequal access to digital technology, although AI has a great potential in the democratization of education. Such issues can only be resolved by the collaboration of governments, learning institutions, and technology developers in order to come up with context-sustainable solutions. Lastly, this paper asserts that used wisely, AI can turn out to be revolution in narrowing the educational gap in the world. It concludes that when driven by the principles of inclusiveness and ethics and under the policy and practice of education, use of AI can revolutionize the potential and bring social and economic development in the long-term to those belonging to the marginalized societies.