Google Deploys Gemini AI for JEE Test Prep and Nationwide Education Initiative

Gemini Expands Into JEE Test Preparation

Google is deepening its push into AI‑powered education by adding full‑length practice tests for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) to its Gemini platform. The JEE is India’s nationwide engineering entrance exam used to shortlist candidates for the country’s top technical institutes. Gemini’s mock exams draw on vetted content from Indian education firms Physics Wallah and Careers360. After students complete a mock test, the Gemini chatbot provides immediate feedback, highlights areas of strength and weakness, explains correct answers, and helps generate a customized study plan based on performance. This rollout signals Google’s broader effort to position Gemini as a structured exam‑preparation tool rather than a shortcut to answers.

Additional AI Tools for Students

Beyond the JEE practice tests, Google is extending JEE Main preparation tools to AI Mode in Search, including the Canvas tool. Canvas lets students build study guides and interactive quizzes by attaching their class notes. Google also notes that Indian students are using Gemini to study subjects ranging from advanced physics to broader STEM topics, and are leveraging NotebookLM to turn study materials into quizzes, flash cards, and audio or video summaries. All of these tools are available in multiple Indian languages.

AI Support for Educators and Government Partnerships

Google is expanding its focus on Indian educators and plans to work with government agencies on a nationwide program to help teachers and support staff use AI for administrative work and lesson design. The company announced partnerships with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Chaudhary Charan Singh University on a pilot to build an “AI‑enabled state university.” The project aims to create a national framework for applying AI across vocational and higher education, covering teaching, student support, and administrative operations.

Funding and Scale‑Up Initiatives

Google’s charitable arm, Google.org, is backing Wadhwani AI with an ₹850 million (about $10 million) grant to integrate AI into government‑run education platforms. The initiative targets national online learning portals and state education platforms, aiming to make them more adaptable and reduce administrative burdens for educators. The program spans preschool through higher education and includes tools such as voice‑based reading support in multiple Indian languages and AI‑powered English learning coaches. Google claims it has already reached around 10 million learners and educators and aims to scale to 75 million students, 1.8 million educators, and a million early‑career professionals by the end of 2027.