Levelling the education playing field

Teaching and learning have changed so much since I left a formal learning set-up in 1993. The way knowledge is delivered and the methods in which students learn continue to evolve over the years. Nowadays, learning can take place any time. 

School or learning institutions are no longer the only places we can acquire knowledge. In fact, experts like educational researcher Sugata Mitra has openly questioned the role of such institutions by asking, “are schools obsolete?”