N - SalmaN AmiN KhaN, the education Revolutionist.
The Khan academy provides free online instruction to students across the world and the vision behind the academy inspires me. "For free. For everyone. Forever", the motto behind Khan academy instills hope for a future that empowers people across the vastness of the globe.
Khan has emphasized the importance of formal, classroom instruction and professional certification in combination with the software and online tools that his company provides.
I was really amazed listening to his TED talk where he talks about the importance of mastering a concept before heading to the next level and how each individual takes his or her own time to master a subject. "You practice the basic piece over and over again, and only when you've mastered it, you go on to the more advanced one.", says Salman Amin Khan.
Sal Khan has a simple mission: a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Naturally, people think he's crazy. The craziest part is not the "world-class education" part, because plenty of people want that. And it's not even the "for anyone, anywhere" part. It's the "free" part. This man has created a revolution in the field of education.
Make sure to watch his TED talk - Let's teach for Mastery
"I really think that this is all based on the idea that if we let people tap into their potential by mastering concepts, by being able to exercise agency over their learning, that they can get there. And when you think of it as just a citizen of the world, it's pretty exciting. I mean, think about the type of equity we can we have, and the rate at which civilization could even progress. And so, I'm pretty optimistic about it. I think it's going to be a pretty exciting time to be alive.", says Khan who aims to use technology to bring every single individual under the umbrella of education.
