IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature

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Authors: Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe

“Souffles” (Breaths) and “Ecoliers” (Schoolboys) by two Senegalese writers namely, Birago Diop and Malick Fall respectively, serve as study texts in the present research. Its objective is to analyze in details the said poems using ecocritical concepts of “eco-ubuntu” and “slow violence”. The findings show that in “Breaths”, Birago Diop establishes the interconnectedness of African ancestral worshippers in particular and Africans in general to living and non-living things, living and dead ancestors and gods in the ecosystem while in “Schoolboys”, Malick Fall expands the interconnectedness of Africans giving it an international dimension thanks to the historical and political phenomenon of colonization, specifically colonial education; and their attendant long-term effects by way of slow violence. It is established that Birago Diop and Malick Fall are both ecopoets and adherents of eco-ubuntu. Both poets through the intermediary of their poems “Souffles” and “Ecoliers” advocate the interconnectedness of Africans and Westerners and by implication, others in various parts of the ecosystem. Africans are, however, warned by Malick Fall never to jettison their roots, their customs, and traditions; in short their cultures while in the process of global interconnectivity.

27-36

Authors: Samridhi Pareek & Tejinder Kaur

In the face of increasing contact with the western world, we find that many new trends are shaping up in India while at the same time many trends seem to be losing their value. As evident from the growing divorce rates, the institution of marriage seems to be losing its sanctity. Moreover, we find various emerging trends that are slowly replacing marriage. However, they are unable to provide the comfort and security that humans as social beings seek. Therefore it is important to have a look at the factors that are helpful in sustaining a marriage in this era of transition. This research aims to highlight the factors that strengthen the relationship among married couples so that the youth can look forward to reasons for getting married, rather than seeking its alternatives. These findings can help in retaining the validity of the institution of marriage which appears to be losing its significance in the fast changing scenario.

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Authors: Hitler .S & R. Hari Daass

The fundamental goal of this study is to decide the customer preference when purchasing Heavy commercial Vehicle with different qualities like Mileage, Performance, Serviceability, Resale value, Availability of extra parts, Comfort, Technology, Discounts, Down Payment and to know which of the above attributes compliment more to build the offers of the company. The duration of his study was between the months of February – March 2018. The investigation depends on essential information that was gathered from respondents using well- structured questionnaire. Buyers of Heavy Commercial Vehicles in the Hosur city were incorporated for this study. Simple Random Sampling method is adopted and 143 respondents were incorporated for this study. The information was examined utilizing percentage analysis, Correlation analysis and Regression analysis. The outcome uncovered that the customer preference affects the traits that construct trust in expanding company sales. It has been discovered that the variables like stacking capacity, Performance Safety, Resale Value, Serviceability, Warranty plays very important role in preference of the Heavy commercial Vehicle.

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Authors: Saroj Vats

In 2018, After Diwali, schools were closed in all the locations near by Bhalsva in Delhi region. Reason was little blasts in landfill areas of Bhalsva and heavy air pollution resulted in discomfort for complete Delhi region. After a call to the nation for “swatch Bharat abhiyan” by PM. Multiple campaigns were launched all over the India time to time. But is it really possible to keep clean India from the waste? We may keep our offices, houses, flats etc clean internally but finally the question arises in front of municipal corporations is how to dispose of this waste coming in many forms? There are some technical solutions available than question marks of how to get rid of the waste generated by we people. Sweden is having recycling policy for 428 kg waste generation per person; do we have any policy related to this? This paper tries to evaluate the waste management solutions given by an Ahmadabad based proprietary firm name Durogreen. Indigenous solution to the Indigenous waste management by an engineer turned entrepreneur, who is selling a make in India product through social marketing approach.

85-94

Authors: Triptimoy Mondal

Since last three decades, one of the major objectives of policymakers is to remove poverty from India. For this purpose, various initiatives like enhancing the growth rate initiating various Poverty Alleviation Programmes have been taken up. It has also been realized by the policymakers that increase in GDP alone is not the solution of poverty as all sections are not able to avail the benefit of economic development. Due to this reason, various Poverty Alleviation Programmes (PAPs) have been initiated targeting a specific group from the economically weaker section at the grass root level. But, still, results were not very encouraging. In the next step, Inclusive growth is adopted as a strategy of poverty alleviation in which major emphasis is given for the inclusion of excluded sections, particularly the women and the poor, in the development process. NRLM or National Rural Livelihood Mission is such a programme, the major objective of which is to organize the poor into SHG (Self Help Groups) groups and make them capable of self-employment. Various research outcomes concerning SHGMicrofinance showed that there is a positive impact of SHG- Micro-finance approach on the alleviation of poverty. Based on these outcomes, these papers strived to analyze the effectiveness of the SHG-Microfinance Mechanism and tried to point out some inherent limitation of the mechanism in the ground of reality based on experience and finally concluded with some suggestions.

103-112

Authors: Nurhalima , Yatim Riyanto & Akhyyaakk

The focus of this research was managerial competence of the Muhammadiyah 7 Gondanglegi Vocational high School in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia, includes technical skills, human skills and conceptual skills in building competitive advantage. Research findings on principal managerial competency in building school competitive advantage, researchers had found new findings, was to need strengthening the ability of principals to create social skills, namely harmonization of work by the entire team and mastery of principal to managerial competency in the field of human resource development with high commitment to school for developing of educational institutions so that it becomes educational institution as public pride.

123-138

Authors: St. Marwiyah & Alauddin

One of the assumptions of school-based management is to increase the performance of the teacher. It will influence the quality improvement of the school especially the quality of students in academic and non-academic achievement. This research is aimed at finding out the influence of school-based management towards the teachers’ performance at Senior High School Number 2 Palopo. This research applied expost-facto quantitative research. The variable of this research is the implementation of school-based management as the independent variable (X) while the teacher performance as the dependent variable (Y). The population of this research was 56 teachers and the sample was 56 teacher which determined by using purposive sampling with Slovin technique. The result of the research shows that there is a positive and significant influence of school-based management towards the teachers’ performance at SMAN 2 Palopo. It is supported by the statistics data which shows that data output SPSS 23.0 for Window stable Coefficient(
) simple linear regression analysis. Sign value = 0,000 while the value of
=0,05.The significance value <
or 0,000 <0,05, the conclusion is Ho was rejected. It indicated that “there is a positive and significant influence of the school-based management application towards the teachers’ performance at SMAN 2 Palopo.

143-150

Authors: Oinam Ranjit Singh & Sushanta Narzary

Kherai is one of the oldest religious festivals of the Bodo tribes. The Bodo tribe is considered as the earliest setters of Assam. They inhabit mostly in the northern bank of the Brahmaputrariver. The worship of Kherai signifies the materialistic desire of the Bodo people. It is the source of hope and prospect of agricultural life of the community. Kherai is performed in the form of worship in conjunction with dance and songs with a view to propitiating Bathou Bwrai, Mainao, and other deities so that the agricultural life of the community may thrive and bring prosperity. The ceremonial side of the festival is but a dramatic in nature and the inner significance of the dramatic prayer is intimately connected with the materialistic philosophy of the pastoral Bodos.

161-170

Authors: Prashanti Kothari

Non –Cognitive Skill: A Driving Force for Entrepreneurship Non-cognitive skills are the skills which fall outside of the traditional definitions of intelligence. They are not specifically analytical in nature, but they include a range of personality and motivational habits and attitudes like growth mindset, self-motivation, risk-taking, creativity, optimism, resiliency, adaptability, Networkability, self-efficacy, hope, and others. Non-cognitive skills can influence social and economic outcomes and, potentially, entrepreneurial performance. It is indeed commendable to see the growing importance of non-cognitive skills as they are considered to be crucial predictors of growth in numerous life domains. Researcher intends to explore the significance of non-cognitive skills acquisition and the influence of these skills on entrepreneurship. Purpose of this paper is to map the relationship between non-cognitive skills and future growth of entrepreneurs with respect to their professional life. On the basis of non-probability judgmental sampling, the researcher has designed a questionnaire to be filled by certain entrepreneurs who have outperformed in their business against all odds. Entrepreneurs could ameliorate their life mainly because of high development of non-cognitive skills, instilled through feedback of their parents, teachers, and others. There will be a scope of future research with respect to the measurement of achievement of noncognitive skills.

181-190

Authors: Rahim Munshi

Assessing and improving service quality specifically in the service industry is a herculean task considering the inherent nature of services which are high on experience and credence attributes, and hence cannot be evaluated prior to consumption. In consumption situations, consumers make use of decision heuristics which largely depend on the brand image of the options in the consideration set. Education industry of India is going through a massive transformation considering the widespread application of technology and increasing competition with the entry of corporate groups, the survival of private and self-financed institutes will largely depend on the brand image they manage to create which in turn will rely on the service quality they manage to offer to the consumers (students). A SERVQUAL scale has been in existence for long and has proven successful in measuring and improving the service quality of service organizations. This research paper aims to develop a and empirically test a HESQUAL model to measure service quality of education institutes taking cues from the SERVQUAL scale developed by Parasuraman et al. Based on literature review a conceptual model was built consisting of 72 attributes related to service quality. A Sample of 200 students was selected and data were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis. The final model consisted of 5 dimensions with 45 items. This model will be useful for education institutes to continuously improve their service quality.

207-212

Authors: Nandkumar Suresh Shinde

A nation is made up of people who have nationalistic common feeling and the notion of being one as a unit. Nationalism as a movement flourished in Modern period i.e. the twentieth century. History has shown that people have been rooted in their native land and have deep attachment emotionally towards norms, rituals, and traditions of their own lands. Since the establishment of civilization, Civilizational identity became distinctive from national identity. During the middle ages, civilizations were tagged with religion. Christianity, Islam, Buddhist or Hindu became religious identities of nation. The end of the 18th century, the educational systems and social life with the emergence of middle class progressed towards nationalism. Political and poetic loyalties were centered on nationalism. Poets, writers, and historians reformed mother tongue and elevated its rank to literary language and rejoiced the glory of the past. In the 18th century, the celebrations of ‘Declaration of Independence’ with the birth of American nationalism deeply influenced the French Revolution. Napoleon’s nationalism turned French nationalism and it yoked against European nationalism. The German Nationalism rejected French nationalism led by intellectuals and artist. United Nations Organization played a major role in forming and authorizing nationalism as, by 1980, more than 100 nations were the active members of UNO. The highest numbers were from Asian and African more than two third of the total count. The role of UNO also came under criticism due to its dubious stand over many controversial issues. Neo--Nationalism or New nationalism is the present trend and it is reflected in manyglobal political turmoils in recent times. Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.

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Authors: Prasun Sharma & Nandita Satsangee

In the present study, researcher aims to provide new insight and better understanding for students and educators about the possible effects of the RTI model on Limited English Proficient students. So that students’ individuals needs should be catered in the best manner. This research will help the teachers to understand students’ capabilities and their problems. Teachers will be able to understand various strategies to solve language learning processes and ways to deal with various types of speaking, reading, writing and listening skill related problems. A p resent study is a developmental study which is focused on the development of instructional set on the bases of RTI norms. This help to solve the problem of heterogeneity at the secondary school level. This instruction set helps the teachers and schools to deal with those students who are lacking behind and do not match their language skills as per their grade level. The objective of the study are- To identify the students with limited language proficiency in ESL,To analyze available Response to intervention programs (RTI), To develop Response to intervention (RTI) instruction sets for the students with limited language proficiency in ESL, The finding of the study is there is a significant effect of RTI on LEP students. And for better results the duration of training and intervention can be increased. This study will be significant to all key stakeholders working within the RTI model. It will provide specific insight into the perceptions of teachers, students, and administrators regarding the number of referrals. This study is noteworthy in that it provides research-based evidence regarding the identification of minorities since the implementation of RTI. Therefore, permitting individuals to target specific sections who may be at risk to avoid over-representation of that subgroup in special education. Students with limited English proficiency suffer not only at the academic level but also at behavioral aspect because of weak expression in ESL. Students face problem in all four skills of ESL (reading, writing, speaking and listening). So the present study will help to identify students with limited English proficiency and help to tackle these problems. It can bring confidence and enhance English proficiency at every level. This research study helps the teachers to help the students at risk in a similar time. The present study will help to create an environment of change to affect referrals to education for students who are at-risk academically as well behaviorally. Since RTI is a new initiative, research and reporting in this area is needed. Further, administrators may use the data from this study to generalize to their own populations. A present study will help to maintain equilibrium in the class.

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Authors: Shipra Raghuvanshi

Cognitive dissonance is a behavioral disorder in which a person has in his conscious mind two conflicting beliefs and values and has mental discomfort due to such conflicting thoughts making him irritable and unhappy. The person affected with cognitive dissonance rationalizes his wrong attitudes as right. The smokers who got knowledge that chances of smokers dying due to lung cancer are high and still cannot give up smoking tell the friends and relatives that Fidel Castro is heavy smoker but he is 70 + and still going strong. Indian politicians observe caste system and also say they have faith in secularism.

253-258

Authors: Charutha Reghunathan & R. Anilkumar

The relationship between man and environment is ever changing. Initially, man depended on agriculture for his livelihood but with the change in time, the situation changed. The advent of new technologies changed the interest of people in the agricultural sector. Same scenario is visible in Thiruvananthapuram district. The study used data pertaining for forty years ie from 1971-72 to 2011-12 revealed that the district which had about 69.33 percent area devoted for agriculture during the 1971-72 period now owns 59.76 percent (2011-12) area under cultivation. On the other side area devoted to non-agricultural use increased from 6.36 percent (1971-72) to 15.66 percent (2011-12). Various factors lead to this situation, the mostimportant being the attraction towards the tertiary sector as it is more profitable and risk-free. On this note, the present study using various statistical techniques aims to find the degree of relation between changes inpopulation and its influence on the agricultural sector. The analysis supported the fact that, the increasing population had definitely affected the agricultural sector in the district. In the area where cultivation stillpersist, a shift in the crop preference is also visible.