Learning is a self organizing function; primary education can happen on its own, it does not have to be imposed.

Kids 6-12, in connected environments, can apparently teach themselves anything.

Sugatra Mitra leaves computers with internet access, sans instructions, in a foreign language, among groups of kids in India.

Best bit is this -

"Mitra: When I came back there... as soon as they saw me, they said "We need a faster processor and a better mouse."

Awesome.

Recorded at the LIFT Conference, Geneva: Sugata Mitra discusses his "Hole in the Wall" project in India, which proved that kids, without education or instruction, can figure out how to use a PC on their own -- and then teach other kids. Given this, he asks, what else can children teach themselves?