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one school the programme was run from Oct 1989 to Dec 1992 and terminated. 2. The programme has faced no major problem in terms of the subject matter to be taught. It is neither too heavy nor too difficult to understand. 5 . 3. The cost is Rs. 287 per student per year. This was the budget cost and it has not exceeded till 1992. The capital cost per student intake is Rs. 667 as per budget, but an ABC analysis indicates that it could be halved to about Rs. 350 or less. The three schools, which were a special project for replicability study, had a total expenditure of Rs. 7, 87,874 during the fouryear period. During the same period they gave total community services of the value of Rs. 3, 45,539 or 44% of the total recurring expenditure. Staff and students separately rendered services or sometimes both worked together. In each case it has certain advantages; but in every case the community has received the benefits and has paid for them. 6. It has helped the students in better performance all round, in spite of 20% time diverted to this course from the conventional academic course. 7. It has encouraged a section of the students to use the acquired knowledge outside the classroom in their everyday life. 8. It has given an opportunity to out-of-school youth to acquire some useful skill training from the school system. 9. It has influenced the community in general, in thinking about new ways of doing things and to that extent, reduced dependence on superstition. 10. It has delivered services, which were otherwise not viable commercially and helped to nurture demand for these. 11. The staff has a tendency to be complacent and even arrogant towards the community they serve, because of the technical Rural Development Through Education System 51