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involvement. The principle that work brings earnings starts here as also keeping accounts. 4 The Higher Secondary School should start the vocational stream, keeping in mind the Gandhian vision that they must move towards self-financing. 5 Feedback systems are an essential part of all life and also industry. The curriculum is like a road map; the vehicle using this road map still needs the steering mechanism and the driver. Our education system must have a modern and fast feed-back system, using the new Information Technology, to save time and money. Curriculum The National Curriculum Framework for School Education prepared by NCERT will be the basis, but will be modified to meet the guidelines given above, particularly for improving quality. Based on above, the following topics will be covered by all students. • Home-Health-Society • Agriculture-Animal husbandry (Plant and Animal Kingdom) • Engineering-all materials • Energy-Environment and other systems These four themes will cover all topics given in the NCERT document. Vocational Course at +2 Stage The major attention here has to be on the following areas: • The teachers must practice a vocation, if they are preaching it. They must earn part (50%?) of the salary through their vocation - Production Service Centre. • The students must get hands-on experience in this Production service centre. • Technology is not the only thing in a business. Identifying opportunities in the local scenario is the most important skill, followed by where and how to get this information and use it. < Rural Development Through Education System 108
