Inclusive Education: Key Role of Teachers for its Success

Inclusion of children with sensorial impairment in mainstream education demands the preparation of teachers to suit their needs. It requires skilled and motivated teachers who are competent enough to deal with the complexities in the classroom. Inclusive education as stressed by EFA, is not achieved, may be due to the lack of competent teachers. Inadequate staff training has been identified as a significant factor leading to the failure of inclusive program. In general, administration usually focuses on organizing in-service education program for inclusive education. It is being carried through DIETs, CTEs, IASEs and other national level institutes. The duration of the program varies from two lectures to five days intensive programs depending upon the type of program, target group, availability of time, funds and resources. Arranging, only in-service teacher education programs do not serve the purpose and maintain quality in regard to meet the challenges posed by inclusion of sensory impaired children in mainstream education. It is also observed that the curriculum they received during pre-service teacher education course is not adequate enough to meet the special education needs of sensory impaired children in inclusive setting. Hence teachers were unable to meet the demands of modifying and delivery of appropriate curriculum children with disabilities. The teacher himself demands the training on inclusive education. This paper throws its light on In-Service Training Programs, role of key teachers in inclusive educatio

Institutional Treatment for Juveniles in India- A Critical Analysis

India is a home to almost 19 % of the World's children. More than one third of the country's population is below 18 years. The children are considered as the future productive citizens of the country, therefore it is necessary to make them healthier, educated, protected and well developed child. 40% of India's children are vulnerable to or have difficulties in living a normal standard life. Juvenile Delinquency is a subject which attracted the attention of the law makers in India for over the last 150 years. The subject is a sign of sick society. Overcrowding in cities increasing number of slums, gambling drinking etc are some of the factors responsible for delinquency rate. Indian society in general though rural in character, cannot escape the impact of urbanization resulting in crime and delinquency .The internal and external environment or the psycho-pathological elements in the individual play an important role in shaping the child's future. The future of Juveniles is not dark, but needs proper long term perspective and planning. The' right to life and personal liberty ‘is the most precious right guaranteed under our Indian Constitution. This right is curtailed when a person is sent to institutions but it is necessary to such action from reformation point of view. As Gandhiji said a ‘person cannot be corrected by hate but by love and affection' especially when it comes to CHILDREN. This paper discusses the children who are in need of care and protection, who if not dealt with will definitely lead to a great social problem in the near future. In spite of several dilemmas of correctional administration this paper tries to reflect the various treatment methods (Institutional and non-institutional) for the juveniles in India. The Correctional Institutions are to be looked upon as hospitals and the children in need of care and protection as the patients, what is needed is just a treatment to make him/her fit for the society

Adsorption efficiency of carbon from treated sugarcane bagasse in removing chromium (VI) from aqueous solutions by optimization of adsorption parameters

Adsorption is one of the effective techniques for removal of chromium (VI) from wastewater. In the present study, efforts have been made to develop adsorption technology for removing Chromium (Cr) VI from aqueous solutions by using sugarcane bagasse a waste which is left after taking out the juice. Activated carbon was prepared from waste sugarcane bagasse by chemical activation with orthophosphoric acid and burning for 3 hrs. Batch adsorption studies carried out showed that the adsorbent prepared from sugarcane bagasse has a significantcapacity in removing Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions. Optimization of certain adsorption process factors i.e. pH, agitation time; adsorbent dose and adsorbate concentration were also made

Bleaching of Sunflower Waste Oil by Absorption on Activated Carbon and Improved by Ozonisation

The present investigation attempts to bleach the sunflower waste oil which can be reused for many industrial applications. A comprehensive bleaching technology developed with activated carbon and liquid ozone under laboratory condition. Laboratory bleaching was performed with different concentrations of activated carbon (w/v) in a round bottom flask under a vacuum. During the bleaching process, coloring pigments like carotenoids, chlorophylls, gossypol, peroxides and other impurities are removed from the edible oil using activated carbon. The bleached oil was retreated with different concentrations of liquid ozone and incubated at room temperature (270C) for 24 to 120 hrs. The retreated oil samples were drawn at every interval of 24 hrs, analyzed and the bleaching capacity were measured with UV-VIS Spectrometer to measure light absorbance in the visible region at 455 nm. The absorbance values decreased with respect to the increased mass of activated carbon (w/v in %) and liquid ozone. Bleaching of crude oil with activated carbon and liquid ozone are affordable method for sunflower waste oil management and recycling

Identification and Evaluation of Air Pollution Tolerance Index of Selected Avenue Tree Species of Urban Bangalore, India

The resistivity and susceptibility level of tree species to air pollution within avenue’s of Urban Bangalore has been evaluated on the basis of Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) value. Four parameters namely Leaf extract pH, Total Chlorophyll Content, Relative Water Content of Leaf and Ascorbic Acid content were determined and APTI was computed. The tree species with higher APTI values like Polyalthia longifolia, Albizia saman, Azadiracta indica, Pongamia pinnata, Swietenia mahogany, Michelia champaca, Millingtonia hortensis and Tamarindus indica are tolerant to air pollutants and can be used as an effectively indicators and pollution scavengers. The tree species having higher APTI value can be given priority for plantation program in newly urbanized areas and avenue’s of Urban Bangalore; so as to reduce the stress of motorists at traffic junctions, effect of air pollution and make the environment clean for healthy life

Adsorption efficiency of carbon prepared from agricultural waste materials in removing basic dye from aqueous solution

Management of solid waste is the burgeoning issue of the current times. Agriculture waste is rich in org. material like cellulose, lignin etc. and can be of great use if utilized as right resource at right time and right place. In the current study agriculture waste material has been used for adsorption of color from waste water. Sugarcane bagasse and paddy straw have been recycled to activated carbon and have been utilized and compared as the adsorbent for the removal of basic dye from aq. soln. A basic dye, methylene blue has been used as the adsorbate. Two different mineral acids have been used for activation of raw material and it was obsd. that both H3PO4 and HNO3 were good activating agent but impregnation efficiency was in following order H3PO4 > HNO3. Adsorption expts. were conducted by varying several parameters namely pH, adsorbent dose, initial concn. of dye and contact time. It was obsd. that color was effectively removed at all selected pH and the increase in activated carbon dose showed an increase in its adsorption efficiency. The percentage of color removal decreased with an increase in the initial dye concn. More than 90 % adsorption efficiency of dye from soln. contg. 10 mg​/L of dye was attained with an adsorbent dosage of 0.1 g after 45 min of contact time at all pH. Results obtained indicate that agriculture waste material could be employed as a low cost alternative to com. activated carbon in wastewater treatment for dye removal and can thus be a good example of wealth from waste

Impact assessment of heavy metals pollution of Vartur lake, Bangalore

The unscientific disposal of wastes and pollution in urban water bodies has caused immense problems not only to human beings but also to the aquatic biodiversity. Assessment of heavy met als in Vartur Lake, Bangalore,revealed that Cadmium (Cd), Cobalt (Co), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), and Lead (Pb) all exceeded drinking waterstandards. Nevertheless, Chromium (Cr) exceeded the CPCB’s tolerance limits for water bodies subjected to effluent discharge. In Eichornia crassip es, Cd, Co, Cr, and Ni were critical. In the sediment s, Cadmium (Cd) and Nickel (Ni)exceeded the Probable Effect Level (PEL). Sediment Geo-accumulation Index of the lake showed moderate contamination with Mn, Cu, and Pb. Cr had the highest plant/sediments metal concentration factor even though its bioavailability in plants (71.5 ppm) was lower compared to Manganese (192.3 ppm). This calls for immediate action to be implemented to carry out necessary nvironmental mitigation measures for the lake

Groundwater quality in Handigundi State Forest Block of Ramanagaram Taluk, Karnataka, India

The paper focused on the groundwater quality in Handigundi Quarry area of Karnataka, India. Quarrying causes grave disturbances in to the water regime of the region. Water quality undergoes great change, as the hydrogeochem. processes are very slow and the change may continue for decades leading to degrdn. of natural environment. The dust generated from the quarrying activities and the erosion of loose waste materials from excavated land and dumps of the mining and quarrying areas causes siltation and eutrophication of the water bodies. Groundwater samples from the study area showed low concn. of nitrates and 60​% of the samples showed highest turbidity and exceeded the permissible limits, 90​% of the samples showed higher amt. of dissolved solids near the crushing quarries. These groundwater samples showed higher levels of calcium and are not desirable for household uses because of the consumption of more soaps and cleaning agents and also not fit for industrial use because of their scale forming nature. However the water can be used for irrigation purposes, as the Ca is an essential element for the normal plant growth

Quantum phases in a doped Mott insulator on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice

We propose the projected BCS wave function as the ground state for the doped Mott insulator SrCu2(BO3)2 on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice. At half filling this wave function yields the exact ground state. Adding mobile charge carriers, we find a strong asymmetry between electron and hole doping. Upon electron doping an unusual metal with strong valence bond correlations forms. Hole doped systems are d-wave RVB superconductors in which superconductivity is strongly enhanced by the emergence of inhomogeneous plaquette bond order.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

Magnetic field due to the self-gravity-induced electric polarization of a rotating massive body

The notion of the gravity-induced electric field has been applied to an entire self-gravitating massive body. The resulting electric polarization of the otherwise neutral body, when taken in conjunction with the latter's rotation, is shown to generate an axial-magnetic field of the right type and order of magnitude for certain astrophysical objects. In the present treatment the electric polarization is calculated in the ion-continuum Thomas-Fermi approximation while the electrodynamics of the continuous medium is treated in the nonrelativistic approximation