How Children Are Learning To Think In The Age Of AI | Times Critical Thinking Championship 2026

More than 10 lakh students from 24,706 schools across 5,730 locations came together for the AM/NS India Times Critical Thinking Championship 2026, conducted by the Times Foundation.The six-month-long Championship brought together students from Grades 3 to 12, across 14 Indian languages, with a focus on five core skills: fact vs opinion, correlation vs causation, identifying the real problem, testing assumptions, and evaluating arguments.At the finale in New Delhi, students, teachers, parents and experts reflected on why these skills matter in classrooms and beyond — especially at a time when AI can generate answers in seconds.From questioning information to checking assumptions, the Championship focused on a simple idea: answers matter, but knowing how you arrived at an answer matters too.Watch the full story to see how students, teachers and parents are approaching critical thinking — and what children think AI can and cannot do.#CriticalThinking #AI #Education #Students #TimesOfIndia #AMNSIndia #TimesFoundation #TCTC2026