First a word of warm welcome to all members of the Commonwealth attending this Conference who share a common set of problems andare here to learn from one another. To them I would say that it is appropriate that we meet here in India which has all the problems of development and non-formal education you have at home, and on top of all that some further problems uniquely her own. No other country could have provided a more comprehensive sampling and representative situation for our rendezvous than this one.