# Modernise ITIs with new AI, ML, AR, and VR curricula

- ID: P06-B-06#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p06-b-06-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p06-b-06-1)
- Pillar: 6. World-Class Education
- Section: B. Higher Education
- Manifesto page: 56
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

ITIs across Tamil Nadu will be modernised with new curricula introduced under Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) streams.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government set aside Rs. 10 crore to introduce AI and Machine Learning trades in ITIs.

**So far:** Introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning trades in ITIs

**Not yet seen:** Modernisation of existing ITIs and introduction of AR and VR curricula are not yet noted.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 16: A new trade in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be introduced in Government Industrial Training Institutes. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=16))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.