Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core. Sugata Mitra corecreationimagination Change image and share on social
If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves. Sugata Mitra answerchildfind Change image and share on social
I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations. Sugata Mitra aspirationbuildcomputer Change image and share on social
It's quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. Sugata Mitra anymorebreakconstruct Change image and share on social
It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance. Sugata Mitra adultchildcompletely share on social
The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. They need to be taught to think and study for themselves. Sugata Mitra childenvironmentfamily share on social
Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty. Sugata Mitra driverentertainmentpoverty Change image and share on social
Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness. Sugata Mitra imaginationmemorizationresourcefulness Change image and share on social
Education prepares to be one piece of a machine. Sugata Mitra educationmachinepiece Change image and share on social
The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed to produce clerks for an empire that does not exist anymore. Sugata Mitra 19thanymorebureaucratic share on social