Editor’s note/columns promotion: ‘Not ‘delulu’ — an AI tutor for every child’

What the commentary is arguing (core claim)

The commentary argues that AI tutoring should be available for every child through government-enabled infrastructure. The implied action is that governments should create the access and rollout foundation for AI tutoring instead of treating access as an optional outcome of private initiatives.

Background and earlier position in policy debates

In India’s education and digital governance debates, AI tutoring usually enters as an education-technology tool. When the target users are children and the service can affect large numbers of students, governments are expected to handle coverage, continuity, and minimum safeguards more systematically than scattered private services.

What changed now (emphasis in the commentary)

The emphasis shifts the discussion from “AI tutoring depends on whoever offers the service” to “government should enable the infrastructure so AI tutoring can reach every child.” In UPSC-ready terms, the shift is from treating AI tutoring as a product choice to treating it as a public service access layer problem.