Therefore, I want to run a school with a hostel," he told the PM. Kumar also suggested reforms in the secondary education system to attract the best brains to He also wants to open a school for the poor the sciences and engineering.

" If secondary education is weak, students suffer the most.

I can say this from experience," he said.

To produce outstanding scientists, Kumar suggested that two sets of syllabi should be introduced at the secondary school level -- one for ` ordinary' students and the other for ` gifted' students.

" The syllabus for bright students should provide nonroutine challenging problems so that they get an insight into the subjects at an early stage," he said.

According to Kumar, the government should run free residential coaching programmes on the lines of Super 30 for talented students from rural background.

This, he said, should not be confined to coaching for the IITs.

Kumar said many questions asked in the IIT entrance were of ` olympiad level', which rural students found difficult to solve even if they had a sound knowledge of Class XII syllabus.

Therefore, problems at the Class XII level should be conceptual and analytical, he added.

The Super 30 founder also wants the number of attempts at the IIT exam confined to two, with students from poor background being permitted at least three chances.

Currently, the IITs allow two chances to all types of students to crack the test.