Twenty-five questions that tell you how ready your school actually is to deliver CBSE’s Computational Thinking and AI curriculum for Classes 3 to 8 from 2026–27. Five areas — teachers, timetable, resources, assessment and governance — scored separately, because schools usually fail in one area rather than uniformly.
Takes about six minutes. Answer honestly rather than aspirationally; a readiness check you flatter is worthless. Nothing is submitted anywhere — scoring runs in your browser.
How the score is calculated
Twenty-five questions across five areas, five questions each. Yes scores 2, Partly scores 1, No scores 0 — a maximum of 50, shown as a percentage. Each area is scored separately because schools rarely fail uniformly; the usual pattern is strong resources and weak teacher preparation, or a good plan with no timetable behind it.
| Score | Band | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Under 40% | Not yet ready | The term will be difficult unless teacher preparation starts now |
| 40–64% | Partially ready | Plan exists, delivery layer thin. Where most schools currently sit |
| 65–84% | Largely ready | You can deliver this year; close remaining gaps before term |
| 85%+ | Fully ready | Focus on depth of teaching rather than readiness |
The three questions schools most often answer “No” to
- “Has anyone checked which AI tools staff are already using unofficially?” — almost always no, and it is where the data risk actually lives. Teachers pasting student names, marks or photographs into consumer chatbots is a disclosure of a minor’s personal data.
- “Are the hours in this year’s written timetable?” — hours that exist in a plan but not a timetable become a fraction of themselves by February.
- “Do you have material that maps chapter-for-chapter onto the CBSE handbooks?” — generic AI curriculum pushes the mapping work onto teachers, who have least time for it.
Frequently asked questions
Is this readiness check official or CBSE-issued?
No. It is a practical self-assessment built by PiyushAI from the published CBSE CT & AI curriculum structure and from what schools actually struggle with. For compliance requirements, work from the CBSE Academic circulars and handbooks directly.
Who should fill this in?
Ideally the academic coordinator, with the principal present. It works better as a fifteen-minute conversation between two people than as one person’s guess — the disagreements are the useful part.
Is our data collected?
No. Scoring runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is transmitted, stored or associated with your school.
We scored low. How long does it take to fix?
Timetable and governance items can be fixed in a fortnight — they are decisions, not projects. Teacher preparation is the long pole and realistically needs a term. That is why the priority list puts whichever area you scored lowest first rather than working through them in order.
Built by Piyush Wairale (IIT Madras), founder of PiyushAI Edtech. Related: AI literacy for schools · CBSE CT & AI curriculum · complete AI literacy guide
