Rahul's latest: 'We need smartphone-type education system'

February 15, 2014 21:42

"We need a smartphone type of education system -- open and connected," Rahul Gandhi said today, pitching for sweeping reforms in the education sector, as he spoke to students through a webcast from Bangalore University.

"The revolution that opened up the communication sector, took power out of the hands of 500 MPs and put it into the hands of people. This revolution decentralised the phone. We need to do the same for the education sector," he said.

"We need a smartphone type of education system -- open and connected," Gandhi said as students from Bangalore and other places shared their ideas on education in the Silicon Valley of India.

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