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National Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda today said the concept of education was changing with the development of technology and India needs to make use of the advanced telecommunication infrastructure for revolutionising the country's higher education. India does not even use 10 per cent of the optical fibre infrastructure it has, he said. It can be used to connect 5,000 institutions in the country, he said here at a lecture organised by Indian Merchants' Chamber"Technology is a great instrument of change. And the existing telecommunication infrastructure gives us the confidence, too," Pitroda said. With the development of technology, the concept of classroom, duster, chalk and blackboard is changing, he said. "The traditional role of a teacher to create and deliver content needs should be questioned. About 90 per cent of a teacher's time goes in creating content. Teachers don't have to create them. They are available in the Net. What we need is mentors than teachers," he pointed out.