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A PAPER by Capt. J. W. Petavel before the Economics Society of Osmania University on September 24 last year emphasizes' theNvalue of educative employment in the economic system of the Indian village, arid particularly that of the educational colony in Indian rural education. One of the greatest possibilities to be explored, however, is that of the use of educational colonies for town children and adolescents, and these should be for the benefit of poor middle-class people, as well as for the working classes and should iiiclude secondary as well as primary education. Stress is laid in this system on productive' work, and the scheme of factory colonies outlined is also advocated as a contribution to improved world relations. Both in the rural and in the factory colonies one of the primary needs is the co-operation of scientific men and other professional workers in leadership and on a part-time basis in teaching and other capacities. Moreover, the colony organization offers one of the best opportunities of dealing with India's root problem of increasing the productivity of the land to yield more food for her growing population. The establishment of a standing committee for unemployment and poverty problems, to plan and assist research in the directions indicated by the success of the Swiss labour colony of Witzwil, is also urged.
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Education in the Indian Villages. Nature 141, 639 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141639c0
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