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same strategy may be adopted with advantage in the less ad- 
vanced countries. What is urgently needed is to lay the found- 
ations, with as wide a base as possible, for a country-wide 
system of school education oriented to science and, at the 
same time, to develop advanced studies of science and tech- 
nology and research at the highest level. The school system 
must fit into the economic life of the general mass of the people 
and have its grass roots in the villages. It must offer facilities 
for training technicians and technical personnel for science and 
‘echnology and also supply candidates of outstanding merit for 
admission to higher scientific and technological institutions. 
5. NEED OF DIRECT AID FOR SCIENCE 
6.1. I shall offer, briefly, a few suggestions for giving direct 
aid for the development of science in the less advanced coun- 
‘ries. I have stressed the need of building up a system of school 
education with a definite orientation to science. It would be, 
however, a fatal mistake to establish an expensive system of 
sducation on the model of the advanced countries which would 
have little relevance to local needs and would be beyond the 
means of the national economy. It is necessary to evolve a 
system, through experimentation and trial and success, which 
would be within the means of the national economy. The ap- 
proach must be therefore to use teaching aids which are easily 
available or can be made available on a large scale and at a 
low cost. As most of the pupils will be living in villages, it 
would be of great advantage if agriculture and some of the rural 
industries can be adopted as a base for the teaching of science. 
The programme may consist largely of nature studies, observ- 
ations, and experiments which can be done with the help of 
simple articles, specimens, etc., likely to be locally available 
or which can be constructed with local materials. 
ig] Mahalanobis I - pag. 27