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B : Any differences between students at the primary stage should be removed by paying more attention to slow learners. If this is not done the differences between the slow and the normal will enlarge and result in permanent inequality of opportunity in the different sections of society. Therefore, attention to slow learners in the primary schools will be the main route to reduce social imbalance, more effective perhaps than all the subsidies and reservations we think of now. Role of Teachers in Activity Centred Education • Analysing the kind of learning that takes place through activity and giving complementary support to the children. Selecting new activities for the children to reinforce their learning. Supplementing activity learning with skills in articulation. Widening the horizon of activity, arranging for materials, helping in skill development etc. • He should be a guide, friend and philosopher. In the primary section, this activity will be only learning oriented. In the secondary school it should be production oriented, in addition to the learning goals. This will involve handling purchases, keeping accounts etc., which will also be the role of the teacher-coordinator. The teacher's role here should be only as a facilitator. He will sometimes find the students ahead of him in certain skills and he should openly learn from them. This will help to raise his image among the students and also to form values. Where did we go wrong in the Basic Education Experiment of the Fifties? The Basic Education system propounded by Gandhiji, seems identical to what has been suggested now. To understand him, we have to read between the lines of the many writings by Gandhiji on Education. Unfortunately, those who implemented the programme • Rural Development Through Education System 106