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There are two distinct groups among the teaching staff: The "lecturers" and the "instructors". The former are more at ease with preaching and the latter have less concern with theory and are concerned with getting ahead with the job in hand. The teaching and practice are bifurcated. This is a major problem in teaching environment related curricula. The core of teacher training should relate to ergonomic principles and practices, work place organisation, and sources of information on environmental issues, including safety and health. It may be integrated with industrial engineering programmes. The bulk of the environmental education however, will have to be sharply focused on individual subject areas and the stress should be on practicing rather than teaching only. . The general, education on environment would have been given already to the trainee teacher; therefore the task will be to 1) update 2) Supplement those who did not have the formal initial education. The channels for environment education will be 1) Teacher Training Institutes 2) In-service training for full time teaching staff 3) Extension services: Management training institutions, Industrial training and Development associations and 4) Professional journals, reaching the teachers. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The subject is complicated because of: 1) the wide variety of environmental risks 2) The diversity in technical Institutions 3) Fast changing scenario. The technical staff has a great responsibility towards environment protection as they play a strategic role in improving or damaging it. Rural Development Through Education System 161