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one cannot learn round for the children of the local Balwadi. The in the classroom boys and girls together built a workshop shed of unless and until, 900 sq.ft. for Rs. 27,000 in 1987. They have one has learnt built wheelbarrows, classroom benches and a the prerequisite host of other things of use to the school or the 'concepts' by community. The girls have done hemoglobin experience in the estimations on primary school children and real life. advised their parents for diet correction, where necessary. They have examined village drinking water samples for microbiological quality and also tested various methods for purifying these water samples. They have held vaccination camps for poultry in different hamlets. School students doing these? As part of their SSC syllabus? Incredible but TRUE. This is now possible for any school that opts for the Rural Technology for its SSC technical stream. This is part of an innovative effort by Vigyan Ashram to bring modern science benefits to the rural areas, through Education. The motto is Rural Development through Education System. Introduction: We learn in two important ways: the natural way and the classroom way. The newborn child starts learning (from the moment of birth), to see, to recognise faces, to speak, to walk and so many other skills we take for granted. This is the natural method of learning, so easy that we do not even consider it as learning. The child going to school gets classroom lessons and begins to learn reading, writing and arithmetic – then other subjects all the way to the university. This classroom method, whether given as formal or informal, is so widely accepted, that we consider it as the only possible method of learning. Let us compare the two methods. Rural Development Through Education System 63
