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5. The technology is taught in the place and environment where the recipient is going to practice it. Possible Hurdles: 1. The multiskilled instructors have to be taught through Community Polytechnics, voluntary agencies, Krishi Vigyan Kendras etc. Co ordination will be slow. 2. The schools need to be given initial equipment - a capital investment. The estimate to cover the whole country is as follows: 5,000 higher secondary schools @ Rs.2.5 lakhs each 12.5 X 10 or 125 crores. 10,000 secondary schools @ Rs. 1 lakh each 10 X 10 or 100 crores. 40,000 other schools for work experience @ Rs. 20, 000 each 80 crores. Total requirement will be of 305 crores for covering the entire country. This is a relatively small sum to invest; a one-time investment, technology delivery system that does rural development at the same time. Besides, it will generate more assets located in rural areas and operated by rural youth. None of the structures will be huge concrete buildings built by urban contractors. 3. The recurring costs of these will be about 150 crores per year going into rural areas. This may ultimately be reduced if the community that gets the benefits agrees to bear part of the costs. 4. A possible objection can be that "so many schools do not even have a blackboard or a teacher, how can they be delivering technology?" a) It is secondary and higher secondary schools that will be the TDS not primary. < Rural Development Through Education System 122