Hours per year
50
~1 hour per week
CBSE AI Curriculum 2026–27
Class 5 AI — what your 10-year-old will learn.
Class 5 is the bridge between 'noticing AI' and 'using AI'. Children build decision trees by hand, learn what a prediction really is, and — most importantly — learn how to write a clear prompt and how to spot when an AI is making things up. The fairness strand asks them to think critically about whose voices are missing from the data.
Pedagogy
Decision-making, prediction, and the start of speaking with AI — children begin to use real AI tools under guidance.
Assessment
Continuous and qualitative. Worksheets, prompt-off competitions, and the capstone Community Helper Prompt project.
The four strands of Class 5 AI
CBSE organises each grade's AI curriculum into four strands. Here are Class 5's.
Strand A
Decision Trees & Logic
Strand B
Prediction & Probability
Strand C
Talking to AI: Prompting as Problem Structuring
Strand D
Fairness, Bias & When Not to Use AI
What your child will learn
- ✓ How to draw a decision tree to solve any problem
- ✓ The difference between guessing and predicting
- ✓ The PTC framework for prompting AI — Persona, Task, Constraint
- ✓ What an AI hallucination is — and how to verify before trusting
- ✓ When AI helps you think, and when it replaces your thinking
Key concepts — explained for Class 5
Each of these is a real Dhee session — written for parents, mapped to the CBSE strand.
Decision trees explained for Class 5 kids
Every decision you make is a tiny tree. Here's how computers use the same idea to think.
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What is a prediction? AI predictions for kids
Why a prediction is more than a guess — and how AI uses past data to predict the future.
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How does YouTube recommend videos? Recommendation engines for kids
The hidden AI that decides what your child sees next — and why it matters.
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How to write a prompt for AI — the PTC framework
Persona, Task, Constraint — the three ingredients of a good AI prompt, taught to a Class 5 child.
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AI hallucinations — when AI makes things up
Why even the best AI sometimes invents wrong answers — and how to spot them.
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What is fairness in AI? Bias explained for kids
Why an AI built without certain people in mind makes mistakes that hurt those very people.
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AI is a tool, not an authority — using AI well
How to teach your child the most important habit of the AI era — trust, but verify.
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Spark teaches Class 5 AI the way it should be taught.
Dhee doesn't hand out answers. For each Class 5 concept, Spark asks questions, listens to your child, and probes their reasoning — exactly the spirit of the CBSE syllabus, but in 15-minute spoken sessions at home.
Common questions about Class 5 AI
What does the CBSE AI curriculum cover in Class 5? +
Class 5 is the bridge between 'noticing AI' and 'using AI'. Children build decision trees by hand, learn what a prediction really is, and — most importantly — learn how to write a clear prompt and how to spot when an AI is making things up. The fairness strand asks them to think critically about whose voices are missing from the data.
How is AI taught in Class 5? +
Hands-on with AI tools (under teacher guidance), prompt-writing workshops, decision-tree design challenges, and case studies of real AI failures explained simply.
Is there an exam for AI in Class 5? +
Continuous and qualitative. Worksheets, prompt-off competitions, and the capstone Community Helper Prompt project.
How can my child practise CBSE AI Class 5 at home? +
Dhee is a voice-first AI Socratic tutor whose syllabus mirrors the CBSE Class 5 AI strands. Your child can work through each concept in 15-minute sessions — Dhee asks questions and listens, instead of handing out answers.