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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/experiments-show-that-children-in-unsupervised-groups-are-capable-of/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

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## More by Sugata Mitra

> [In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/in-nine-months-a-group-of-children-left-alone-with-a-computer-in-any/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/my-wish-for-humanity-is-to-invent-a-way-to-communicate-between-us-and/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/too-many-pupils-at-schools-in-the-u-k-want-to-have-careers-as/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/if-children-know-there-is-someone-standing-over-them-who-knows-all/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/it-would-be-better-in-a-way-if-any-adults-present-were-completely/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [“Learning and teaching are not symmetrical. They are not the flip sides of the same coin, in spite of the fact that almost all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/learning-and-teaching-are-not-symmetrical-they-are-not-the-flip-sides/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/profound-changes-to-how-children-access-vast-information-is-yielding/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting it happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/we-need-to-look-at-learning-as-the-product-of-educational-self/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/education-is-a-self-organizing-system-where-learning-is-an-emergent/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/learning-is-the-new-skill-imagination-creation-and-asking-new/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/entertainment-can-be-a-more-powerful-driver-than-poverty/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Who knows what we’ll need to learn thirty years from now? We do know that we will need to be good at searching for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/who-knows-what-we-ll-need-to-learn-thirty-years-from-now-we-do-know/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [Teachers say to me, 'The internet is full of rubbish, wrong answers.' But you would be surprised how just long it takes to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/teachers-say-to-me-the-internet-is-full-of-rubbish-wrong-answers-but/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [ The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a \[schooling\] system that was so robust that it's still with us today, continuously producing identical people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/the-victorians-were-great-engineers-they-engineered-a-schooling/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

> [I don't even want to guess at what computer literacy might do to children, except to say that if cyberspace is considered a place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugata-mitra/i-don-t-even-want-to-guess-at-what-computer-literacy-might-do-to/)

[Sugata Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugata-mitra/)

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