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The New Millenium Where do we go from here? We have to increase our tempo of work several ( may be 10-20) folds. If we analyse the delays in our work, we have identified two critical sources. Delay in communication, causing delayed feed back and slow and often too late corrective action. So speed up communication, using e-mail and internet. 2 Poor quality training systems: Learning does not take place as desired. At every stage there is a distortion in the learning and what reaches the lower levels is poor quality learning. Here, we are aiming at Computer based learning. We have found this more cost effective and has the potential of faster replication and with assured quality. It will also give access to a wider world of information. We have started making Multimedia lessons developing new pedagogy that fully utilises the multimedia potential. Assuming this eradicates poverty, brings prosperity, shall we be happy and peaceful? No. Already we see that the world cannot support spending of its resources in the way the present prosperous society is spending. It is not just a question of the environment. Are the people actually happy? Do they have the peace of mind? Neither the rich, nor the poor are happy. Neither the 'materialist' west nor the 'spirtual' India /east are happy. It is not the Western Model or the Eastern. We have all, by and large, lost the Art of Living. We are confused about what the quality of life means. We do not know how to progress in S and T and yet live a frugal and happy life. We need to recreate the atmosphere of the Ashoka period, when individual purity of the mind was stressed. This is the process by which we shall satisfy all our needs without having any greed. Rural Development Through Education System 171