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Nations all over the globe try to meet the expanding learning needs of children. The primary task of the developing countries is to meet the basic learning needs of providing primary education to the younger section of the population. The data on �Trends in School Age Population� reveals that in 2000 A.D. six out of every seven primary school children in the world in the age group 6-11 were from the developing countries.1 This vast potential human resource needs functional literacy and numeracy to function as a member of the world community. Recent research studies have produced a considerable amount of evidence to suggest that primary schooling makes a significant contribution to economic and social development.2 Data from 20 countries, which included India and other developing countries, has indicated that the average social rate of return is significantly higher on primary education (26.2 %), than secondary education (13.5 %) and higher education (11.3 %).3