Bill Gates envisions future where 'world-class education' centres will be few clicks away from 'developing world'

In his foundation's 2015 annual letter, Bill Gates has envisioned a future where "world-class education" would be just a few clicks away and online classes would not merely help a few exceptional students but the developing world at large, a report said.

Stressing on the role that technology could play in future in improving the rate of literacy in developing countries, Gates said that if a child has access to a smartphone, even before they get enrolled in a primary school, they could learn letters and numbers which would give them "a big headstart," reported The Verge.

Gates argued that students will be able to lift themselves out of poverty by "figuring out the requirements for their chosen field and fulfilling them with online classes."

While noting that overlooking the great chasm between the number of females availing education versus males would exacerbate "the very social problems education is supposed to solve," Gates stressed on the need to educate females. He argued that when a girl is educated, she is capable of earning money and her kids will be twice as likely to go to school as opposed to those who have not been educated.