TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra to speak at conference in Kuala Lumpur

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Tuesday, 12 Nov 2013
2:02 PM MYT

Ted Prize winner of 2013, Prof Sugata Mitra, is coming to Kuala Lumpur, and will be the keynote speaker for a conference that will highlight how technology can play a part in education.

The conference, which will take place on Dec 5, is called "The Future of Learning", the central theme of Mitra’s US$1mil (RM3mil) TED-prize winning vision.

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