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Mahadevan Venkatakrishnan

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Another Groundshifting Opportunity - Can we make Education free?

With significant amount of distilled knowledge base already available across the world in easy to access formats, plus the growing population which is either unemployed or possess a volunteering mindset, if we create an online mechanism where children across the world learn for free - will this not reduce drop out rates, bridge knowledge gap and help the poor look to a better future?

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  • nick botting

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    Jun 25 2011: It is a fundamental human right to have access to free education. The consequences of such progress would, however, be mind-boggling and I question whether current political structures could accept the turbulence that would ensue.
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      M.A. Lucas-Green

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      Jun 28 2011: Hi Nick,
      The fundamental right is to have access to a QUALITY and free education.

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