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
Too many pupils at schools in the U.K. want to have careers as footballers or TV hosts, or models, because that's what they're constantly exposed to as the heroes of our time. Sugata Mitra careerconstantlyexpose Change image and share on social
Teachers are not supposed to be repositories of information which they dish out. That is from an age when there were no other repositories of information, other than books or teachers, neither of which were portable. A lot of my big task is retraining these teachers. Sugata Mitra agebigbook share on social
In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think. Sugata Mitra childcomecomparison share on social
Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer. Sugata Mitra absenceadultahead share on social
Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning. Sugata Mitra accesschildform Change image and share on social
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West. Sugata Mitra childcomputergroup Change image and share on social
We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding. Sugata Mitra childfearfocus Change image and share on social
Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain - to be used when needed. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are. Sugata Mitra bookbraincontain share on social
Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty. Sugata Mitra driverentertainmentpoverty Change image and share on social
