SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

16308/16318

Authors: Prof. Date Rasika Prabhakar & Ashok V. Kamble

This study pertains to the implementation of the guidelines and regulations issued by the University Grants Commission in its commitment to promoting equity through higher education in the country and ensure Empowerment of Women. Analysis of secondary data collected from the Annual Reports of the Commission for five years from 2015-16 to 2019-20 and documents uploaded on its Saksham portal for the years 2015-16 to 2020-21 revealed that in the period under study, not even one fourth of the Universities in the country have submitted the Annual Return. For Colleges, the maximum rate of compliance during the period is so negligible (2.3%). Not even 25% of the total Universities in the country have constituted Internal Complaints Committee. The disposal of Cases of Sexual Harassment by Colleges has been done more efficiently than the Universities during the period. Since the compliance by Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) of various regulations of the commission, including appointment of Gender Champions has been very low, it is suggested that. all the HEIs must ensure timely compliance of the circulars and letters of the UGC issued in this connection.

16334/16348

Authors: Archana Sharma

NA

16349/16352

Authors: Ankit Kumar Pandey

IN MARATHI

16359/16363

Authors: Riyaz Ahmad Naik & Fayaz Ahmad Parray

Anthony Giddens, one of the forerunner among the anti-evolutionists in sociology today, has made a special point of criticizing evolutionary theories for their lack of any concept of human agency, which for Giddens completely invalidates any social theory. Theories of social evolution have incited two kinds of critiques; one radical, and the other moderate. Radical critics of the theory of social evolution raise methodological issues with the theory of social evolution. They argue that social change cannot be understood through evolutionary theory, therefore the latter is not needed. Moderate criticism differs from radical criticism because it seeks to separate the concept of evolution from that of progress. According to this position, the idea of social progress must be rejected, but the evolutionary approach should be preserved. This article will look into the conceptual terrain of evolutionism and pattern of ebb and flow in it.

16373/16381

Authors: Manoj Kumar. J

The history of language teaching in India has a long tradition. Memorization of vocabulary and translation of sentences often formed the major part of such learning process in the past. In learners of English as a second language are students classified as “limited English proficient” (LEP) because they come from a home where a language other than English is spoken and score at below “Proficiency” on the LAB-R or score at the Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced level of English as measured by the NYSESLAT. Diverse student profiles exist within the overall classification of LEP. There are LEP/ELLs who may be gifted and there are many with a high level of proficiency in their native language. Others may not be able to read or write in their native language because they have had a limited or interrupted formal education in their own country. Finally, there is a population of LEP students who have been identified as having special needs and have been referred for special education services. For ELL/LEP students, it is imperative to make teaching and learning culturally relevant and to enable access to prior knowledge upon which new skills and concepts can be built. It is critical for educators to understand the ways in which students’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds profoundly influence their experiences in the classroom. The visual arts enhance language development by offering non-verbal methods for communication and understanding and by providing a platform for students to create mental images. Integrating the arts into language arts and the content areas for ELLs can give students the opportunity to engage in new and varied approaches while gaining positive emotional responses to learning, understanding others and communicating their own ideas.

16391/16405

Authors: Elina Swu & Surendra Yadav

Unlike olden days, the trending world nowadays demands a lot of involvement of parents in the education of their children and there is widespread support for the same, in order to enhance academic achievement. Schools today are no longer considered to be the only source providing education to the students, but parents are thought to play an integral role in the entire education process. The main aim of this study was to explore the level of parental involvement and academic achievement in science subject among secondary school students. The study was conducted on a sample of 160 students selected from rural and urban schools of Kohima district in Nagaland. Statistical techniques t-test and Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r) was used to analyse the data. Findings of the study revealed that Parental Involvement of the students was very high in majority of the students (76.25%) and the Achievement level in Science was found to be below average with a mean value of 21.6. Positive correlation was found between the two variables (r = 0.165, p< 0.05).

16410/16417

Authors: Jaspal Singh Warwal & Deepali Bhagat

Era has transformed. A global attention to various issues in the society has reached an unprecedented level as nations prepare themselves to achieve higher economic growth. The future of India, rests on the foundation being laid today. Children of today are the leaders of tomorrow. If the role of children in the development of the nation is so important, the role of the way they are being brought up is much more important. And here comes the issue of raising a girl in a family as compared to boys. As we know the status of girl child stands very low in Indian society hence there is a low sex ratio in our country. In the process of preparation of the future builders of the nation it has become very important to look towards this issue very seriously. Even after more than seventy years of independence the situation is no more different. Considering these factors in mind the government of Jammu and Kashmiri has started few projects for the benefit of women and girls. Ladli Beti scheme is one of them which is started as a pilot project in few districts of Kashmir and Jammu showing low child sex ratio in April 2015 under the Integrated Child Development Service Scheme. The present study was thus carried to know about the Ladli Beti Scheme and its functioning. Also who are benefitted by the scheme, the problems faced by the beneficiaries in availing this scheme and any change if brought so far. The present study was carried on a total of 24 AWCs. A total of 96 parents were interviewed for the study. The results showed 18.75% of the parents were benefitted by the scheme 76.04% of the parents were not benefitted by the scheme. It was found that the beneficiaries should be provided proper help and guidance time to time by the authorities for proper benefit of the scheme. Some more efforts and focus is required by the authorities towards the scheme.

16426/16436

Authors: Sunil Raosaheb Raut

NA

16457/16477

Authors: Rajender Kumar & Jyoti Sondhi

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to measure the factors affecting the performance of employee by discussing impact of employee empowerment on job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: Being descriptive study, survey method was adopted for data collection to find out the factors. The methodology comprised research design, Target population for the study, sampling techniques, sampling Method, sample size determination etc . Data was analyzed by using Cronbach’s Alpha, correlation and regression in SPSS software. Findings: The independent variable empowerment was weakly moderate correlated with dependent variable job satisfaction. Hence it is concluded that employee empowerment has a positive impact on the job satisfaction. Originality/value – The paper reveals there exist relationship between the performance of employee and factors affecting in employee performance and Job satisfaction.

16489/16498

Authors: Sanno Verma

For highlighting the Solvent-effect of a diapolar aprotic solvent, n-propanol on the biochemical behaviour of propionate ester, the kinetics of alkali catalysed hydrolysis of butyl propionate was carried out in aquo-n-propanol solvent systems having different concentration of the organic component (n-propanol) varying from 20 to 80% (v/v) at different temperatures ranging from 20 to 40°C. The number of water molecules associated with the activated complex of the reaction were found to increase from 0.338 to 1.401 and from this, it is it inferred that n-propanol acts as structure breaker of water converting its dense form into bulky form and it changes the mechanistic path way of the reaction from bimolecular to unimolecular, From the numerical value of the kinetic temperature of the reaction, which is evaluated to be 281.0, it is concluded that there is weak but appreciable interaction between solvent and solute in the reaction media.

16507/16510

Authors: Deepak Kumar

IN MARATHI

16523/16532

Authors: Damaris Mbithe James, Kimiti, Richard Peter & Francis Mutua

Social media is one of the most used interactive communication tools in the current world. Almost every person above the age of ten years is operating an account of any social media platform. The study was guided by two objectives; to examine prevalence of social media use among secondary students and, to determine behavior displayed by the students as a result of social media use. The study was anchored on the social learning theory. A mixed-method research design was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 teacher counselors, while 392 students were selected using a simple random sampling. The study found that 97.4% of the secondary school students in Machakos Sub- County were regular social media users. The students preferred using WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. The study also found that social media use inculcated both positive (60% ) and negative (40%) behaviors respectively. The study thus concluded a high prevalence of social media use among secondary school students in Machakos Sub-County. Based on these findings, the study recommends that school administrators should come up with stringent strategies to control the use of social media among secondary school students and, the Ministry of Education should develop policies for curbing the use and challenges associated with social media by secondary school students.

16544/16555

Authors: Namrata Swarnakar

Art and culture are the centre of development. Art is playing an enormous role in shaping the life and missions our cultural visions and aspirations of office society. Art is essential for cultural understanding and hence Global sustainability. Yet any significant sustainability initiative is related to the individual level.

16565-16581

Authors: Dt. Madhu Arora, Dr. Sheetal Thakur & Dr. Ravi Gupta

Various research studies on hospital food services and patient satisfaction have been conducted globally. The quality of dietary services is one of the important aspects of health care. Indian studies in this field are very few, thus this pilot study was conducted as an insight for a similar future study on a large scale. A cross sectional study was carried out in Government Medical College and Hospital, sector 32, Chandigarh. Fifty-nine patients were selected randomly from private and general wards- mainly Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oncology and Burn unit. A self-structured questionnaire was prepared for assessing satisfaction of the patients regarding food quality and food services. The data was collected and analyzed for all parameters of demographic profile of hospital patients selected, and their interview responses. Most patients (96.3%) were satisfied with the food and food service staff according to their responses. Correlations between most parameters were positive and highly significant at (p<0.01) and (P< 0.05) level. No impact of Age and BMI was seen on any of the variable at 95% confidence level as probability value greater than 0.05. Chi-square test of patient satisfaction responses showed asymptotic significance as p-value was 0.00. Effectiveness of results of this pilot study were understood as potential effectiveness. Focus was on feasibility and not on statistical significance. It also shows that the large-scale study will be feasible without changes in protocol. Confidence intervals showed that the pilot study testing can significantly reduce any flaws in the research approach. Amendments for future study are that the questions are properly framed to ensure that patients eat well, and leave the hospital with improved physical and mental health; and all aspects of dietary services should be well organized.

16589/16602

Authors: Mr. Pandurang Bhagwan Pandit & Shashikant Eknath Chavan

Inquiry based science learning strategies are beneficial in developing higher order thinking skills in the students. The main goal of present study was to find out the current state of Science Teaching with a focus on the application of Inquiry-based Science Learning Strategies to improve secondary school students' life skills. Here, Life skills comprises of four thinking skills: critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, and problem solving. The current study is a descriptive research study in which data from science teachers is gathered using survey Method. Data was collected from 52 science teachers from secondary schools of Pernem Taluka of North Goa district of State of Goa, of whom 32 were given a rating scale designed by the researcher and 20 teachers, 15 of whom were senior science teachers and 5 of whom were headmasters with science teaching expertise, were interviewed. According to the findings of the study, the majority of science teachers in Pernem Taluka rarely or sometime use inquiry-based strategies to teach science to secondary school students in order to improve life skills such as critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, and problem solving.