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Project Different Project Categories in FSL & Resilience Job Title PROGRAM OFFICER Family Program Department Report Program Manager/Program Director Job Duration 1 Year Location Burhakaba Closing Date 28 January 2023 PROGRAM OFFICER PEACE ACTION SOCEITY ORGANIZATION FOR SOMALIA - PASOS PASOS is national non-governmental, non-for-profit making organization, served vulnerable humanitarian in need communities across southern & central Somalia. PASOS has changed and saved lives of 50 thousand households during the recent crisis stricken in Burhakaba district overing humanitarian complement support of food items, multipurpose cash, health, nutrition, water, hygiene and sanitation kids and yet to delivery to save lives of 1 million in crisis. ROLE PURPOSE The Programme Assistant will be accountable and responsible for day-to-day program field implementation and managing community outreach activities to ensure efficient and effective sensitization, mobilization, target location selection, beneficiaries’ supervision, program supervision and participation of the targeted communities and other stakeholders Organizational Specific Objectives Alleviate poverty by improving economic status of vulnerable communities through enhanced food production by providing farm implements and inputs and diversification of income generating activities enhance emergency response and livelihood crisis intervention through provision of Food/Cash/Non-food items Relief kits delivery, Livestock take-off /re-stocking, Water trucking to pastoralists and provision of temporary shelters. Improve access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conditions of the poor communities through construction and/or rehabilitation of water catchment dams, installing water tanks and construction of underground water tanks, provision of sanitation facilities and hygiene awareness training and promotion hygiene education. Improve access to education by children and youth through provision of facilities, teaching and learning materials. Eradicate harmful cultural practices like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriages. Increase opportunities for youth and Adult to further their education through distance learning. Improve health status of communities through health education; environmental cleanliness, hygiene promotion and increasing access to primary health and child care centers in area of operation. Enhance environmental education, awareness and participation in environmental protection and conservation activities by the communities Promote peaceful co-existence and proactively resolve conflicts Empower the youth to contribute to the social, economic and political development of their community Create awareness of issues surrounding children in difficult circumstances with particular regard to child abuse and neglect livelihood. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY Prepare detailed action plans and ensure that Program is implemented in accordance with the work plans with the involvement of partners and concerned stakeholders at all levels Liaise directly with community elders and local authorities, as well as other agencies operating in targeted programme sites regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation of activities Work closely with targeted communities to solve and mediate any conflicts that may arise within the course of programme implementation. Ensure timely procurement, development, distribution and utilization of respective programme supplies Identifying programme related training gaps, planning, implementation, ensuring quality of the training and write training reports. Produce and implement monthly and quarterly plans in line with (Detailed implementation plan, procurement plans and phased budgets) Assist line manager in tracking project expenditures to ensure budgets are strictly adhered in line with PASOS financial procedures Provide

field reports with regards to the programme implementation and challenges encountered to the respective line manager to ensure timely action is taken. Line manage Programme Assistants, provide relevant support that they require on a regular basis, managing their performance, timesheets, annual leave & build their capacity. Support the collection and documentation of the needs, impact and success stories Preparation documentation guideline materials in different accessible formats for accountability, visibility and communication, with the purpose of promoting and disseminating of messages Support and ensure the implementation of cross cutting issues (Participation, gender, safeguarding, and disability inclusion) by identifying risks, concerns and mainstreaming to programme implementation. TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND RESPONSIBILITIES Deliver any programme trainings at the community level using agreed training protocols Conduct regular meetings to capacity build, mentor, assist and supervise community structures, children clubs, parents and ensuring constant communication with all the beneficiaries Conduct beneficiaries verification processes for all programme activities Establish safe reporting and intersectoral referral mechanisms for children and families with protection concerns Develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among beneficiary community members and local leaders. Encourage and stimulate full participation by all community members; with special attention to those who are often forgotten, including, the disabled women and children, in community decision making. Facilitate and monitor implementation of community level activities Ensure the quality benchmarks for programme mobilization and sensitization are met Work with the MEAL to set up programme complaint response mechanism Collect programme data including registration, assessments, baselines, post distribution monitoring surveys and ensure appropriate case management information system. Skills and Qualifications Essentials 1st University degree in Project management, social sciences, Economics/ any other relevant field, or equivalent experience. 3-5 or more years’ experience of data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing. Strong organizational and analytical skills and ability to work well under pressure and with minimal supervision. Strong interpersonal and community mobilization skills. Highly skilled in technical problem solved and excellent and patient Highly motivated, and flexible. Multi-cultural, can work with team with different interpersonal character, good character and respective Excellent verbal and written skills in English and Somali. Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited. How to apply This is a challenging opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional. If you would like to join this dynamic team, please submit your application [email protected] quoting the position in the email subject matter, by 28 January 2023. Each application should be addressed to the HR manager based in Mogadishu and include the following: An updated CV; and An application letter which should include remuneration requirements and contact information for three work-related referees. Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. PASOS is an equal opportunity employer OfficeBuurhakaba [email protected]

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India's Poverty Effects on Education: All you need to know

Every Indian citizen has the right to live with dignity and honor, according to the Indian Constitution. Education has always been the key aspect of a developing nation.

In addition to food, shelter, and clothing, education is one of the basic necessities of modern existence. The State has been taking a number of actions to guarantee this fundamental right. The universalization of free elementary education for all children of academic age stands out among them. Moreover, one has the right to practice and spread the religion of their own free will. This is why ngo working for child education has become extremely popular.

How is poverty affecting the well-being of society?

Changes in society's economic, social, cultural, and technological spheres are sparked by education. It is regarded as the most significant way to strengthen one's character, get through obstacles, and open up additional prospects for long-term well-being improvement. One of the key factors in economic growth has been recognised as education. It serves as a development tool and an indicator.

Education is a vital instrument to combat poverty and unemployment, raise nutritional and health standards, and promote sustainable development. Primary education is valued as a fundamental human right and essential to the growth of the individual as well as the society inside the official educational system.

It boosts labour productivity in both urban and rural areas, and educational investments often yield substantial returns on investment. As education levels rise, economic output increases, poverty declines, and the entire region develops, contributing to the overall development of the country. All you need is the support and help from india's best 80g ngo for education.

Understanding a child’s primary need

Children who live in poverty are more likely to experience food insecurity, which increases their risk of malnutrition and obesity. This has a significant impact on a child's confidence. Evidence also reveals that families frequently contribute to many of the negative consequences of poverty on children. They are less able to give their kids a responsive, engaging environment because of their poor education.

Home is where education begins. In fact, a number of studies contend that listening to stories read aloud to a child while they are young helps them develop their phonemic and comprehension abilities. Children from low-income households are less likely to be read to, which severely limits their ability to develop their skills.

A Way Out of Poverty: Education

A) Prepare Students for Real Life - Students' extracurricular activity options should be expanded to include business groups and internship programmes run by volunteers from the local community. Future students will have a much greater chance of building successful enterprises that can compete worldwide in an era of hyper-connectivity if educators are willing to incorporate these pragmatic factors into the curriculum.

B) Cultural Responsiveness- Cultural responsiveness is sadly absent in today's one-size-fits-all system. The educational system undermines urban education by creating a setting where passing tests takes precedence over learning practical skills. Instead, schools provide a diverse curriculum that accommodates pupils with a variety of interests, including those whose needs are not covered by the traditional curriculum.

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The worldwide nonprofit Lycee has significantly improved the lives of young girls since its beginnings. It began its foundational journey in Kolkata and is today a well-known NGO. By moving forward, you can make a difference. Online donations for disadvantaged children can be made right away. To find out more about the programmes and policies for assisting a female child's education, contact lycee charitable trust in kolkata.

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Food Aid Programs in India

Every day, we see a few people roaming on streets asking for food from others. They are either homeless and hungry or have homes but are hungry. They fight against hunger every single day and yet have to sleep on an empty stomach. In our country alone, 19 crore people go to bed hungry every day (National Health Survey). By this data, can you imagine the number of people not having access to enough food worldwide? It’s overwhelming to know that the number is 829 million!

In 2012, the United Nations launched the Zero Hunger Challenge. The challenge reflects the five elements of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals which include- eradicating hunger, eliminating every form of malnutrition, and building sustainable food systems. The Zero Hunger Challenge is actually a vision of attaining a lasting end to hunger and malnutrition by the year 2030. Achieving this goal is a tough row to hoe and it won’t be achieved by one organization or individual.

Rising poverty, lack of data, too much food wastage, lack of funds, increasing population, and lack of awareness has got the Zero hunger challenge off of the track. The pandemic slowed the process and has adversely affected the zero hunger project on a large scale. We need to pace up and chase it to cover for the years wasted in lockdown.

That is why, non-profit organizations, individuals, corporates, and other organizations are working tirelessly to row the boat and reach the target of Zero Hunger.

Here are a few of the food aid programs by the government of India battling hunger in India.

1. Mid-day Meal Scheme

The mid-day meal scheme is a food aid initiative by the government intended to improve the national nutritional status of school-age children. The scheme was launched in 1995 on the 15th of August, it started under the name of ‘National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE).’

The Midday Meal Scheme is the biggest programme of its kind in the world, feeding 120 million kids in more than 1.27 million schools and Education Guarantee Scheme locations.

2. Targeted Public Distribution System

With a focus on the underprivileged, the Indian government introduced the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in June 1997. Under the PDS (Public Distribution System), States were supposed to develop and put into place reliable plans for identifying the needy so that food grains could be delivered to them and distributed in a way that was visible and responsible. he TPDS currently serves 6.52 crore (65.2 million) Below Poverty Line families as well as 11.5 Crore (115 million) Above Poverty Line families.

3. Eat Right India

Through the “Eat Right India” programme, FSSAI is making a major effort to change the nation’s food system in order to ensure that all Indians have access to safe and nutritious food. Thus, the movement’s slogan, “Sahi Bhojan. Behtar Jeevan,” serves as its foundation. The program is linked to the National Health Policy 2017 and was launched in the year 2018. The mission of the Eat Right India movement is:

The goal of India’s vision is to establish a culture of sustainable, healthy, and safe food for everybody till 2050

Eliminating trans fats from Indian food by 2022

It intends to reduce the consumption of salt, sugar, and oil by 30% over three years.

These are the most significant and largest food relief programs among the others by the government of India to fight hunger in the country. Further, we see food aid programs in India run by various non-profit organisations and other organisations in the country.

4. Akshaya Patra

One of the major challenges faced by the Government was the successful implementation of the scheme. In order to implement the Mid Day Meal Scheme successfully, Akshaya Patra Foundation has been operating its own school lunch program in Karnataka since 2000. It spreads over around 65 kitchens in 14 States and 2 Union Territories of India. Akshaya Patra serves a freshly prepared meal to 20,10,516 (which includes Anganwadi feeding) children every school day. They already offer the mid-day meal program in 22,367 schools across the nation and have plans to add hundreds more.

5. Feeding India

Zomato and Feeding India (officially known as Hunger Heroes) teamed up in January 2019 to end hunger and malnutrition in India. In order to fulfil their objective of eradicating hunger, they provide raw grains and freshly prepared food to underprivileged communities in addition to funding significant systemic solutions. The non-profit organization has served 13.3 crore meals so far and continues to give more.

6. Zero Hunger

The Zero Hunger project by Child Help Foundation and crowdfunding platform Filaantro was initiated with a dream to erase malnutrition among underprivileged children. It works on the belief that every child deserves nourishing food for nutrition and growth during their developmental years as this is the base of their coming future. The project feeds to 2000 underprivileged children daily in different locations across India which includes Delhi, Thane, Mumbai, North Eastern states, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore.

7. Iskcon-Food Relief Foundation

To combat malnutrition, the ISKCON Dwarka Food Relief Foundation was established. We are distributing “Food for life” in many regions of India in an effort to end malnutrition. It is a unique programme for distributing food. It provides nutritious vegetarian food to people in need of it. The temple devotees are the ones who make the food. Every day, they give out “food for life” to about 7000 visitors.

The Bottom Line…

Hunger is the biggest issue the world is facing and we need to take serious and decisive actions to fight it. These organizations and many others are working to create a lasting end to hunger and create a safe future. They need all of you to help so that together we reach the goal- Zero Hunger!

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Food Security in New Zealand

UN101: Responding Crisis

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Background and Main Problems

According to National Geographic, climate change is a long-term shift of the pattern of the global or regional climate. It is a problem at the international and global level already. Climate change causes a lot of troubles not only for the environment but also for the whole world as well. Now, every different country has a crisis of their own as impact of climate change. For New Zealand, there are mainly three different crises we have. Waterways pollution, rising sea level, and water and soil degradation. During this period, the degradation of soil and water quality became a mass problem in New Zealand. The latest NZ Ministry of Environment and Stats data, Our Land 2018, found 192 million tonnes of soil are lost to erosion each year. Erosion is perhaps the most important problem concerning the soil and the productivity of the land we use for agriculture, horticulture and forestry that is actually really important toward food stock in New Zealand and also another state. Erosion impacts productivity by destroying topsoil which is the richest nutrient component of the soil. It also impacts the quality of the local rivers by rising sediment and loss of nutrients. Moreover, New Zealand also faces some challenges in ways to maintain food for all people around it. We call this case as food insecurity where it’s a crisis based on the pattern of food intake caused by lack of resources such as money or even other resources (Nord, 2005).

Country Policy and International Actions

As a country that ranked fifth in the world’s richest countries, New Zealand doesn’t really go through hardships during the climate change that caused food insecurities. Almost half of New Zealand’s territory is used for agriculture and horticulture needs. Being one of the countries which main commodity export is dairy products and meats, New Zealand contributes a lot in saving other countries that are currently going through a food insecurity where the foods there lack of nutritions, Philippines for example, yet our country focuses more only on the exports. We think forming a food policy council to drive and advocate for work regarding food insecurity is one of the best ways to get the problem solved.

Every existing work can be supported by the food policy council to be collaborative and all broad. Being placed in the 19th list of the countries that have a good food security, New Zealand Aid Programme collaborates with FAO in the aspects that could help others such as on economic development, human development especially from health and education, responding to climate change, even building safe and secure communities. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has spread the aspects they identified, called four pillars, regarding food security as availability, access, utilization, and stability. New Zealand is planning to just be flexible, yet we still must make sure that we fit those four securities at most times while also preparing for the future.

Proposed Solutions of The Topic

Under such a problem and status quo, every country is entitled to zero hunger and other food insecurities problems. But however, it does not mean that every country can easily solve this problem. New Zealand believes that it is such a dilemma problem, while a lot of countries scream about their hunger and New Zealand as the fifth richest country, so it means New Zealand needs to spread their wings to help each other for the common good. This of course must not neglect the economic and environmental conditions from within the country. Therefore, New Zealand is proposing a few outlines of the solution as below:

1. New Zealand must commit to Sustainable Development Goals, that is a goal to ‘end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture’ by 2030. It means that New Zealand needs to push agriculture more to maintain zero hunger toward another country. It can be export food and any other.

2. New Zealand is a leading member of 46 countries involved in collaborative global research to grow more food without growing greenhouse gas emissions. With this way, new zealand can keep growing to reach any goals in food stock without broke the environment around New Zealand.

3. New Zealand run study tours for farmers and technical training for scientists and greenhouse gas inventory specialist to raises awareness of the impact.

4. Monitor the prevalence of household food insecurity among New Zealand children and household food insecurity as an outcome indicator, to evaluate the success of a range of policy actions. This way is one of solution to minimize food problem in New Zealand. And the ministry believe that it works well, even it needs time.

Bibliography:

Farrar, David, 2020. "NZ 19th for food security" [online]. Available from : https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2020/04/nz_19th_for_food_security.html [Accessed on 19/10/2020]

Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nation, 2017. "New Zealand" [online]. http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=NZL [Accessed on 19/10/2020]

Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nation, 2017. "New Zealand Announce Further Support for Livelihoods and Resilience in the Philippines" [online]. Available from : http://www.fao.org/resilience/news-events/detail/en/c/1068340 [Accessed 19/10/2020]

Ministry for Primary Industries, 2020. “Land and Soil” [online]. Available from: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/protection-and-response/environment-and-natural-resources/land-and-soil/ [Accessed on 19/10/2020]

Ministry of Health, 2019. “Household Food Insecurity Among Children in New Zealand” Wellington: Ministry of Health.

Morton, J., 2018. “Major report: What we've done to NZ's landscape” [online] Available from: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/major-report-what-weve-done-to-nzs-landscape/V5LSLKS2KVINJFL76IJEAQHY2I/#:~:text=The%20Ministry%20for%20the%20Environment,lost%20to%20erosion%20every%20year.&text=Excess%20phosphorus%20could%20travel%20into,plants%20and%20hurt%20water%20quality [Accessed on 19/10/2020]

National Geographic, 2019. “Climate Change” [online] Available from: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/climate-change/ [Accessed at 19 Oct 2020]

Nord, M. et al., 2005. “Household food security in the United States” Washington: USDA Economic Research Service

Scoop, 2019. "Food Security for New Zealand" [online]. Available from : https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1905/S00530/food-security-for-new-zealand.htm [Accessed on 19/10/2020]

Stevenson, S., 2011. “Edible Impact: Food Security Policy Literature Review.” Whakatane, New Zealand: Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service, BOPDHB.

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Lupine Publishers| Role of Communities to Prevent Corneal Blindness

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The community needs to take appropriate actions itself, as well as actions by government and non-governmental organizations. Prevention of corneal blindness can take place at three stages:

a) Level-1 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent the onset of disease

b) Level-2 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent complications and the development of visual disability due to an existing disease

c) Level-3 Prevention: After the immediate resolution of the problem by surgery or other treatment, actions should be taken to reduce existing disability from disease complications right up to the point when some patient either seen by an eye care worker or admitted to hospital, the community should influence and trace out the ground reality or the actual reasons .An eye care worker must have little control over the following:

a. The risk factors and immediate medical causes

b. The contributing and social factors.

The community has the capacity to influence these factors, either through change in the behavior of individuals, or by bringing improvements at the community level. The eye care worker's role is very vital when they participating in programmes to reduce corneal blindness. Progressive and active campaign of community awareness will ultimately result to build up a role of active partner in the prevention of corneal blindness.

First steps

A model prevention programme does address the complete list of causes of corneal blindness in the community rather it aim community to understand and build on their existing knowledge, and encourage them to support a programme to avail existing services available and build upon the better ongoing services. This kind of approach is progressive and would help to understand the community the upcoming needs. Situation analysis help to design the needs and programmes to involve community right from the start, it would also help the community to identify any gaps in your knowledge so that those could be filled. There are few questions to keep in mind before designing an awareness programme.

a) Q-What are the community's knowledge and perceptions regarding the causes and treatment of corneal blindness.

b) Q-What are the prevailing methods of communication within the community?

c) Q- How we can utilize present systems effectively to transmit the new awareness message. Q- How we can take benefit of current community knowledge and perceptions.

d) Q- What kind of expertise and skills exist within the community that may be exercised to design a effective awareness programme.

PP-Primary Prevention

The deficiency of vitamin-A and eye injuries are directly relevant to corneal blindness. Corneal blindness is also associated with some there socio/economy factors. For example inadequate water supply and sanitation, poor nutrition, and pathetic agricultural practices. Inadequate supplies and cost of medicine particularly in low line areas contribute hugely in corneal blindness. An effective programme and comprehensive plans should support the community to obtain the health care needs, either by asking community help and sources or by using government resources and infrastructure. The programme should provide health education to address socio/economy factors and methods to avoid corneal blindness. The close collaboration between health units and national health system which will strengthen the programme. Good and effective communication is most essential tool and part between different health units. . Village elders and Government official can play a significant role to obtain desirable results. Where as in urban areas other marketing tools like use of media and billboards can be effective contributing factors. A health messages into the school curriculum is another possibility.

SP-Secondary Prevention

Patients with corneal disease or injuries are usually in pain and may suffer from photophobia. Their eyes could be watery and they may have blurred vision as well. Generally in rural areas people having serve pain, may go for self-medication Such practices always delay the process of obtaining correct and in time treatment which may result corneal opacity or visual loss.

Strengthen health systems

The strength of prevailing health system is important if the health units make best use of it to prevent corneal blindness and build new programme to strengthen the system without over loading it. The objective of a new programme should eliminate the weak and opportunity areas or to replace those with fresh and effective means to get the best use of it. Many health and community development programmes already exists in community through health units like measles immunization, perinatal care, nutrition, water supply, and sanitation, It is important to get best benefit of these programmes by informing competent authorities and policy makers and funding agencies to extend help in prevention of corneal blindness.

Data gathering from the affected areas will to improve programme design and service. It is also important to ensure that the emergency eye care for corneal infections or trauma, particularly in children, is free.. Encourage communities to take the lead on health matters, for example by working with community development groups. Even the general public can take responsibility for a range of interventions and support to led health activities such as face washing to demanding better services. Motivate and support communication between the community and decision makers within the health system, as well as between different groups or specialties in the health system.

Conclusion

As an eye health worker one should understand both the medical causes of corneal scarring, and the non-medical and social factors that lead to corneal blindness.

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At the food industry, it really is all about trends. Foods labeled'organic' are all the rave. But, what can you know by food? Is purchasing or farming of goods a thing? Is there any any urban myths and misconceptions regarding foods?Organic versus (100-percent ) Organic -The primary huge big difference we will want to understand is that not all of organic meals in the sector is one hundred per cent natural. In identifying this difference labelling plays an crucial function. Back in India, an individual may receive a plantation certified with a complete host of certifying agencies permitted under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), and also some other food thing may possibly abide by a or most organic certificate standards. Listed below Are the Best ten advantages of eating organic foods: #10 Natural and Organic Food Tastes GreaterAt PacMoore, we are devoted to food producing in every business. In food that is organic we support our clients and choices fulfill up with troubles. Get in touch with us to learn much more. Indeed. For starters, how we can cite three motives:Just The Way Organic is'Organic'? – screening foods for chemicals is still quite a potential. While folks are continuously devising new means of discovering pesticides and impurities in vegetables and milk, for today the only remedy to creating sure that you're eating 100 percent organic food is to... develop your food.The farmers do not make dollars. On those high fees we as consumers cover organic food. Los-Angeles-catering-Smog-Shoppe-best-wedding-vendors-LA-real-wedding-beautiful-bride-17-of-26 catering san diego wedding catering No 4 It's trendy to consume OrganicTen years ago natural and natural farming did exist in the States. Today the future of organic farming is appearing bright. With luck, this short article helped you to understand more about great things about eating natural and organic meals and looking for fixing choices. It's by no means too late to start. Additionally, it is never too late to share this short article and spread about the huge benefits of natural eating and catering!Just how do taste and appearance compare to traditional meals?The American Academy of Environmental Medicine asserts that"Several creature studies indicate acute health risks associated with GMO foods items," including resistant ailments, rapid aging, and affects in organs that are major, along with infertility.What exactly are foods?#Inch Vote With Your WalletHowever, with so much natural and organic and natural material on the marketplace, it is hard for your normal user to sift genuine organic create from something which could be just cashing in on the trend. Just just how do you be certain what we are consuming is genuinely chemical-free? Always certainly a couple checks are to do so, although it is perhaps not easy."natural compounds vary in their composition of nourishment along with other biologically relevant substances. Various cultivars of the exact crop may vary in composition, which can also vary based on other things , growing states, period, and also pesticide and fertilizer regimen. Factors such as breed and age of the creature, consuming routine, and season can likewise affect the nutrient makeup of livestock services and products. This variability in nutrient material could be further affected through the storage, transportation, and prep of the food stuffs until they attain the bowl of their user. An understanding of the factors that influence nutrient variability in crops and livestock services and products is essential for its design and interpretation of analysis on differences from the nutrient content of produced and conventionally produced food stuffs." 1#9 Natural Meals vs. ChemicalsWhen someone who grew up on a farm in MinnesotaI know all too well of the damaging impact of synthetic pesticides and artificial fertilizers. Sadly, I understood farmers that died from contact with compounds and've witnessed the chemicals impacting the local water table and pollution levels inside the soil.#8 Natural and Organic Foods Has Better Nutrition Unless the product certainly says completely natural and organic, you have to look into the certification standards of this tag on the own food to know precisely how all-natural the meals will be.blog

The worldwide caliber of announcing whatever organic takes it to function as strictly chemical and pesticide-free however India doesn't always comply with rules. The Telangana State Seed & Organic Certification Authority, for instance, recently tested a sample of food at India to find that just about all the sample contained chemical residuse.By acquiring natural foodstuff you are supporting great farmers! Scale fewer crops per nest Natural and organic farmers cover to generally meet standards and boost energy on plots of property they have room. Most of this implies more charges and hazard . Avoiding meat and Exhibiting our support on the industry is equally crucial. "Lots of people possess an opinion about whether organic food is greater (or equally or less) healthful compared to conventional food. It may be shocking to know only a very small quantity of scientific tests have dealt with this query. There are, nevertheless, quite a few studies that compare the vitamin antioxidant, anti oxidant contents of conventional and organic fruits and vegetables, or the fatty acid composition of conventional and organic milk. The reason is that it is far more easy to gauge the vitamin content of fruit than to measure in case one is fitter. As a way to quantify healthiness, one would need to have a group of individuals ingesting just organic and just another one eating only normal foodstuff, then after a little few years compare that group is fitter (this sort of scientific tests have been discussed in greater detail further below). People are hard to scientists and control inside such a study can, for example, perhaps maybe not record their own food ingestion correctly. Even more importantly: there is not any recognized method of measuring if someone is'wholesome'." 5What to perform? In short, do your homework and prepare ahead. What plants come in period? What exactly ingredients are great for your region? The further you comprehend the narrative of one's own food products, the higher you are able to serve the consumer.A 20 17 study from Penn State shows that longterm vulnerability to pesticide has serious health risks. "Suspected persistent effects from contact with certain pesticides incorporate birth defects, toxicity to your fetus, production of benign or cancerous tumors, genetic changes, blood diseases, nerve disorders, endocrine disturbance, and reproductive outcomes "Ground water pollution is just one of the main reasons for chemicals seeping into crops, increasing a big question about the way all-natural any food manufactured in India is. Rainwater harvesting can be a solution -- farms.Number 5 You Are Allergic Excellent FarmersOrganic farmers use variable harvesting techniques by optimizing what is accessible in their mind. They work with vegetable spoilage and natural animal droppings because resources of fertilizers. Also, biologically pesticides are traditionally used to battle insects off.Though the long-term effects of GMO on people is up to debate, the effects GMO meals consumed on creatures is still somewhat regarding.Licensed USDA organic foodstuff has no chemicals and hereditary tamperingthat can change the flavor of a few your favorite meals. 1 important advantage of consuming natural and natural foods is that veggies and fruits taste the direction that they were designed to style.It all started in the autumn of 2006 when beekeepers across the U.S. began reporting enormous declines for their own bee colonies. In a few reportsup to ninety percentage of those hives were also empty. It's really a serious illness frequently referred to as, Colony Collapse disor der.While investigation has indicated that pesticides on their own are not a passing threat for bees, even those synthetic compounds drastically weaken the insect's defense mechanisms and help it become vunerable to Nosema, a gut parasite which can eliminate entire extremes of bees. Research from France additionally unearthed these pesticides cloud the honeybee's brain and also alter its own behavior to work correctly over the retina.why not look here

A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that natural and natural meals develops quicker, due to fertilizersthat induces vegetables and fruits to build up better sugars and starches. The result of these vitamins and starches is your produce includes a much better taste and texture to it than non-toxic produce.Consultation-cta-300x59 catering san diego wedding catering"Intakes of fruit and veggies tend to be low in contrast with existing dietary guidelines, particularly in those of lesser levels of educational attainment and social class. Composite foods really are an important source of veggies (significantly much less importantly of good fresh fruit ) and should really be involved when picking vegetable intakes. Failure to do so might lead to prejudice in estimates of intake and of compliance with dietary principles for population groups, together with misclassification of an individual by degree of intake" 8 They're packed with nutrients and healthful for everybody. Investigation has been for more validations in contrast to food, notably about the absorption of fats vitamins, and minerals.Many studies report that natural and organic and natural ingestion is carefully linked to some other wellness insurance and life style indexes, e.g., consumers often have higher income and education, have lesser body-mass indicator (BMI), are more physically energetic, and consume healthier diets than people that do not seldom use food. However, this pattern will not necessarily apply if organic foodstuff ingestion is connected to a alternative life style that includes vegetarianism, environmentalism, or other ideologies. Studies show that ordinary organic ingestion does not stick to a regular age gradient however can be seen in both young adult (40 years) age classes also that organic consumers often belong to homes with kids than do nonorganic consumers" TwoThings to perform? The clear answer is often as easy as observation, although for foods manufacturers accustomed to a shelf lifetime that is forgiving , natural and organic food production may be hard. This means having a labeling system which clearly says day of manufacturing (or harvesting), date of birth and some other risks particular to the ingredient type. With a"first in, first out" coverage that you're better built to combat the clock and then also deliver organic food products that are safe and also appealing.M.p>"organic and natural meals have stringent rules in regards to the sum of unprocessed contaminants enabled for safe ingestion. It has also been discovered that these foods just contain small heights of these contaminants. Whether or not picking out foods that are non-organic or organic, experts concur that the perfect way to safeguard ourselves is always to rinse all fruits and vegetables under running water. Because cutting on out the rinds can bring contaminants into the generate from your rind Goods with inedible skins ought to be washed, such as melons and also cantaloupes. The information out of the studies below additionally shows no significant flavor difference in between organically grown and conventionally grown meals. Alternatively, flavor variations seem in the future in its maturity, its own growing conditions, along with the foods number and crop time. Unlike the past, many of today's organic foods compare very positively in appearance using conventionally grown food items ." 4Comprehension Certificates and expectations - A natural plantation may strive to go certified by Indian and global standards each. You are able to get many different organic foods certificates, such as for example United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) authorised bodies, EU natural standard and much also more. The further certifications, the greater the probability of the foods getting 100 percent organic and natural.Eating organic food means your food has been kept to some greater standard.more information

Organic food needed to fulfill a top amount of requirements until the FDA will announce a meals items"Certified Organic." It follows the farmer that climbed your tomato set plenty of power into ensuring their field was compound free. It can take years until the water and soil tables are free of poisons to grow organic and natural produce.A sort of food using least five percent of its ingredients coming from organic origin is called mix. Composite food items could be labeled as'organic foods'.©markbrooke.comWhat to perform? An integral grade of meals is the absence of chemical insect control at every point. Natural farmers have a different set of tools to keeping pests . Diversified crops, for instance, drive back a single crippling infestation. And Plants like cows have provided distance to move, that means no less want. Handlers are turning to pure repellents like citrus and vinegar to protect substances.Consuming natural can on occasion be a struggle, however, it's all worth every penny ; not just for your own community and also the environment, also for the preservation of our precious planet Earth.The term describes to all foods that are chosen out of organic farming, whereby organic processes instills all the uses of industrially made pesticides, fertilizers, or some other additives that encourage rapid or synthetic expansion.When purchased in the plantation, natural and organic food is more usually skinnier and not as expensive. Getting access might be difficult; rather they're offered by the supermarket. Butter Natural and organic milk, bread, pasta, leafy greens, and herbs are more expensive in comparison to poor food. But, if it is possible to spare time and effort, it pays to shop around to receive the handiest prices.Number 3 Natural and Natural and Natural Products are Nongmo Wrightwood-Guest-Ranch-Wedding-California-wedding-venues-Los-Angels-wedding-catering-best-los-angeles-catering-organic-catering-best-san-diego-catering-21 catering Hillcrest wedding catering.2. Humans are not the only people who need your food. The war between people and pests is as old as the species, plus it will not end any moment soon. However, we were given a crystal clear edge over rodents, insects, bacteria and insects by contemporary food fabricating processes. By moving in the direction of foods, we're revisiting some challenges created harder by unprecedented population development.Should you would like to get some great benefits of eating more healthy than you'd certainly be sensible to increase organic fruits and vegetables into your cart. Certified organic produce comprises higher quantities of vitamins and minerals. In fact, a report from Organic.org says that certified natural fruits and vegetables contain up to 21.1% more iron, 29.3percent more calcium, 18 percent more antioxidants, and a whopping 27% more vitamin C. All that extra nutrition better equips the body to fortify your immunity system, reduce your blood pressure, also slow down the effects of ageing.With natural and natural farming, compounds utilized as fertilizers have been traditionally used in extremely smaller quantities, in case any. Wild species do not arrive in contact harmful industrial drainage as they would with conventional farming, and mutation of species has been dramatically reduced. As such, animals and feedstock are maintained in benign and natural environments.The organic food industry has struggled hard to continue to keep GMOs out from their FDA's natural and organic certification approach. It follows that all organic and natural foods are inherently non-GMOs.The India natural and organic emblem, a bird symbol, is an equally important check within this regard. If you're dedicated enough, you could even resort to legwork and due diligence to in fact assess how a farm wherever your meal is arriving from uses water. Many organic farms are open to public and anybody can go and check their practices anytime.Inch.look at these guys

You are racing the clock. Not in all cases, however in most especially when you take into account organic and natural produce and meats. However, the components utilised in producing organic food items are more vulnerable to decay leading to fluctuations in temperature."The term"organically grown meals" finds products which have been manufactured in light of the principles and principles of organic agriculture. Organic and natural agricultural and food processing clinics are far reaching and complete attempt to boost the growth of the food production system that's socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable. The crucial principles and practices of organic foods production make an effort to motivate and enhance biological cycles within the farming strategy to keep and increase longterm fertility of soils, to further diminish all sorts of contamination, in order to steer clear of using artificial fertilizers and pesticides, to keep genetic diversity of this manufacturing procedure, to further consider the wider social and ecological effects of the foodstuff creation and processing strategy, and also to produce foods of high quality in adequate volume. Certified organic and natural fiber and food products and services are the ones that have been produced based on standards that are documented " 33. Your client foundation is grand. Before manufacturing meals have been entirely distributed locally. That is harder to complete in a civilization of commuting and online ordering."'' There are numerous distinct reasons why consumers might opt to buy natural food, for example concerns about the surroundings and using pesticides, concerns regarding intensified farming procedures, or so the understanding that natural food is safer or more nutritious than conventionally produced foods items. Furthermore, as some businesses of the population have become more thinking about wellbeing and health, there has become an greater requirement for far more'natural', less processed foods. This may have led to the greater requirement, as men and women perceive organic foods because an even 'pure' option. Though organic foods tend to be greater at price (mainly because of this decrease efficacy of organic crops)they appear to have grown to be more and more common." 9Some of the primary added benefits of eating grown organically is that you eliminate exposure to these varieties of compounds.What to do? In this regard, temperature control is critical. As important as attaining the best temperature is currently keeping it. No Thing rates rust such as a temperature swing. To adopt organic foods at a industry, invest in top-quality climate control for your motor vehicles.Once a farm becomes certified natural, a few devious farms may deceive consumers by unethically providing their manufacture under a tag by coming to a private monetary structure. To complicate matters even more, there's also the other hand. Not every UN certified foods items is rotten. Little farmers who perform the fantastic job and produce natural and organic plants regularly believe it is overly awkward or embarrassing to acquire the proper certificate.Much like almost any emerging marketplace, natural food manufacturing is confronting its own share of growing pains. Meals suppliers have grown accustomed to processes that, whereas safe and efficient, usually do not fall underneath the umbrella that was all-natural. Below are a few of the common troubles for producing and distributing quality food items that are organic.Only puta item is organic in case it is produced in a farming system which utilizes no chemical substances, fertilizers, GMOs or artificial additives. Instead it relies on biological insect controllers, plant and animal manure, and crop rotation.site link

It's good also our planet, and for us. Following environmentally conscionable Agroecology policies in growing food ensures that a far greater future for our biodiversity and is mutually beneficial for us, including, many consider, reducing the probability of most cancers.It's tricky to discover a supermarket now it doesn't have a natural produce element. This is only because the organic food industry is booming. The Organic Trade Association claims Americans now spend 4-7 billion dollars a year on organic food. That's a 3.7 billion dollar rise from the former year and now there aren't any symptoms of down it.The environment, consisting of lakes, rivers, seas and other bodies of water, also could be protected against dangerous, intensive harvesting and dangerous compounds, and ideally, our planet's fertility could be preserved for a lot of upcoming generations.Sure! I mentioned, healthier extra fat! The gain of consuming protein such as beef, chicken, porkfish signifies you are giving the human own body a greater dose of less of those cholesterol rising fats found in livestock and also these enviable efas increased thickly. Natural and organic milk has 50 percent more omega3 efas compared to milk.Organic agriculture refers to your style of farming whereby temperament is the sole way of growth. How is this done? Manufacturing is got with minimal environmental or environmental damage. Local communities have been retained safe as well as a workable source of cash flow can be accessed. The develop, can be the corn or the vegetables and fruits and the spices, daals and other foods are all organic simply due to the fact there wasn't any agro-chemicals.Certification warrants that organic foods abounds using rather significant standards of traceability; promising that compounds that are dangerous are not introduced into any of many heights of organic farming.No 7 rescue Your Bees!Are natural and natural solutions cheaper than food?One of the absolute most powerful added benefits of selecting organic foods means you are voting with your pocket. Every purchase you create non-organic farmers, grocers, GMO labs, and compound companies know that that you don't encourage the industry. This motivates conventional farmers to consider the capacity of changing to organic farming.Exploring the topic of GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) reveals so many points of view it'll make your face damage. Some state it's going to save humankind, while some assert the contrary."throughout the world interest in organic food products has been expand fast particularly in developed nations. Requirement is fueled partly by increased client awareness of the connection between diet and health, exceptionally publicized food safety cases like the incidence of E. coli-contaminated make and also the perceived environmental advantages of organically grown foods. A growing number of individuals are prepared to pay premium costs for natural produce thanks that natural and organic products are better-tasting, clean, fitter, healthy, safe and friendlier . Accordinglythe disagreement on the quality and protection of natural and organic as opposed to conventionally grown foods items has intensified as is shared with any debate between public understanding, proponents of either side have cited scientific tests because proof in aid of their claims." 1-1Organic create in greenhouseAs stated previously, longterm exposure to tiny levels of pesticide can mount as much as and including deadly impact on living creatures. It should be no surprise that our little pollinator close friends, that have come in direct contact with vegetation and flowers coated with those pesticides on a daily basis, are falling victim to those toxic chemicals at an alarming rate. With nearly 75 percent of overall food crops inside the U.S. benefiting from pollination, getting organic create can help push conventional farmers away from those practices that are hazardous.What is food?Cost, in reality, must not be one factor. There is no real reason behind organic foodstuff to become costlier than non-toxic, also also pros agree that there is barely any gap in the expense of normal and organic farming.It is.click this link now

Are organic foods more healthy?In the United States, natural and natural foods is accredited institutionally by regularly maintaining top excellent management, in addition to verifying adherence to regulations and adequacy of organic markers. If a item is labeled as organic, an individual can make positive no synthetic sweeteners or colorings are inserted.'' the United Nations' new declaration of Sikkim because the planet's earliest natural State has brought the large organic debate right back into focus: what exactly is organic -- and also how do we differentiate a genuine organic item? "The strengths and flaws of organic food and farming since currently practiced are identified in this newspaper. Natural and organic agriculture is a more highly renewable and multi faceted system, internalizing ecological issues and also economizing resources that are normal; it has positive effects in the diversity of fields, farms, landscapes and species. Ethical values, such as humans and animals' wellbeing, are high on the schedule, and also involvement of stakeholders in addition to responsibility figure along the food series. Natural agriculture is especially suited with no recourse to trade barriers to this empowerment of regional economies. Top high quality food and sensible nutrition are intrinsic aspects of organic foodstuffs, so that natural nutrition can be still a beacon for modern day life styles and nourishment" 10"natural farming uses various approaches to boost maintain soil fertility, for example as crop rotation, tillage and cultivation techniques, protect plants, and natural compounds (for example, natural fertilizers, pesticides, and so on). The use of synthetic materials is not permitted in farming until the materials have been about the Natl. set of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. An artificial material can be understood to be a chemical substance that's formulated or manufactured by a chemical procedure or via a procedure that chemically changes a substance extracted from the plant, animal, or nutrient supply. Natural and organic farmers use botanical crop and animal wastes, biological, or non-synthetic insect controls, also enabled. Organic farmers also utilize specific procedures to cut back air, soil, and water pollution." 7"Natural environment diversity caused by landscape spacious complexity inorganic farming plays also three important roles: environmental, cosmetic and production and health functions. The environmental function is present of keeping biodiversity and homeostasis, i.e. stability and optimal species number. Natural farms create an existence foundation for plant and animal species, perhaps not merely those but accompanying species. The manufacturing function relies upon prophylaxis, i.e. the use of prevention, not control, guarding plants from germs, pests and plant disorders. This helps retain biological balance, i.e. homeostasis of whole landscape. The aesthetic and wellbeing of organic farming admits that we're an integral portion of the environment and could only exist in harmony with nature" 6"Defining natural and organic consumers and assessing organic diet plans, e.g., which sort of meals items, and also the participation of food into the complete diet are all major problems in population research studies. You'll find no methods to gauge the diet humans with no significant malfunction. Investigation describing socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics of natural meals consumers has recently demonstrated that ingestion is a complicated phenomenon between diverse groups that do not belong in to on average defined consumer sections.Number 2 Protecting Your EarthExactly why are omega3 fatty acids therefore crucial? The University of Maryland Medical Center says that omega3 efas can decrease your risk of heart disease, minimize pain or stiffness, decrease your risk of cancer, prevent dry skin, and strengthen memory, and can help fight depression.A while back there was a fad because of the organic vegetables and fruits and also the supermarket too. Shops publicized they promote only organic. They likewise charged higher rates than the make. Might it be correct. These all-natural really are not organic. ? Exactly what are the specifications. Let's determine organic is organic?No 6 Natural Food H AS Healthy FatFactory farming is a superior polluter of our soil, rivers, and seas. Two thirds of the country's drinking water has been observed to have elevated heights of nitrates, a effect of pesticides and fertilizers . These chemicals do not just stop at our drinking tap water. They keep to stream to oceans and our food . In 2008 scientists found 405 dead zones because of this utilization of highly soluble fertilizer that is synthetic.4. Offer is constrained. With its nature, organic and natural foods requires greater resources and land. As such, it can be complicated to edge out the contest for ingredients.Even though your wallet may cringe at the price attached into your food, your heart will thank you! Some great advantages of natural catering and eating radically outweigh the slight gap in the cost of organic catering.Could it be safer to pick organic?In short, a genetically altered food is a organism that has its own DNA altered in a science lab. That is performed in order to give food beneficial properties such as brighter color, higher crop yields shorter cycles and thus on. Perhaps you have ever wondered how that thoughts is crisp? Effectively, that is because some one changed the genes of that plant to make it survive six days longer than it was allowed by character to.By supporting organic farmers by selecting an organic catering provider, you are encouraging agriculture that utilizes normal fertilizers to their plants and retains our eco system vibrant and thriving.As the prevalence of absorbing natural foods has increased, a number of studies have contrasted the nutritional quality of foods conventionally grown versus organically grown. Some studies stated under have found that conventionally improved foods talking and organically grown foods have no substantial differences within their own nutritional grade.

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Government schemes and scholarships for today’s youth

The youth of India is its most valuable resource, our billion-strong nation needs nurture and care in the form of basic education to achieve a better quality of life. Education is an important part of any society as it provides direction, social status, worldly knowledge, and the chance to explore. Quality education increases the propensity for better employment opportunities. It not only makes a smart, informed population but also boosts economic growth and increases the GDP of a country. However, with a population of a billion, people are facing numerous challenges such as poverty and a lack of educational facilities in rural areas, the government has implemented several programs; to support the need for providing quality and equal educational opportunities to all citizens.

Schemes for Elementary Education

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which was launched in 2001, is one of India's key flagship programs for universalizing elementary education. Its overall objectives include establishing universal access and retention, closing gender and social category inequities in elementary education, and significantly improving children's learning levels. This program is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities to all children through the provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode. It is a response to the demand for basic quality education all over the country. The scheme is being implemented in collaboration with state governments and targets 192 million children across the country in 1.1 million households.

Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

In keeping with the Constitutional provisions to raise the level of nutrition of children and enable them to develop in a healthy manner, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) was launched as a Centrally sponsored scheme in 1995. Commonly referred to as MDMS, this was expected to enhance enrolment, retention, attendance of children in schools apart from improving their nutritional levels. Initially, the scheme was implemented in 2,408 blocks of the country to provide food to students in classes one through five of government, government-aided and local body run schools. By 1997–98, the scheme had been implemented across the country. Initially, the scheme was implemented in 2,408 blocks of the country to provide food to students in classes one through five of government, government-aided and local body run schools. By 1997–98, the scheme had been implemented across the country.

Schemes for Secondary and Elementary Education

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan aims to provide education to the underprivileged section for improving their life and widening income opportunities. It also aims to improve the quality of secondary education by making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, and providing universal access to secondary level education. The objective of the scheme is to generate human capital and provide sufficient conditions for growth and improve the standard of living in India. The scheme involves multidimensional research, technical consulting, implementation, and funding support.

Samagra Shiksha

The Union Budget, 2018-19, has proposed to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12. Samagra Shiksha - an overarching program for the school education sector that extends from pre-school to class 12, therefore, prepares the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes. It subsumes the three erstwhile Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE). The major objectives of the Scheme are the provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students; Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education; Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education; Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions; Promoting Vocationalisation of education; Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The Scheme helps improve the growth rates across the various levels of school education and aid in promoting universal access to children to complete school education.

National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education

The scheme was launched to promote enrollment of girls in the age group of 14-18 years to encourage secondary education among girls. A sum of

Rs. 3,000/- is deposited in the name of eligible girls as a fixed deposit in a public sector bank or post office. The girls are entitled to withdraw the sum along with interest upon reaching 18 years of age and on passing the 10th class examination. The term period of the deposit will be counted from the date of deposit to the date on which the girl attains the age of 18 years. No premature withdrawal will be allowed.

Applicants can Apply for the scholarship by visiting the home page of the National Scholarship portal and clicking on the ‘Department of School Education and Literacy’ link.

National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level

NPEGEL is implemented in educationally backward blocks (EBBs) and caters to the requirements of both in and out-of-school girls. It also helps girls who are enrolled in school but cannot attend regularly. The scheme emphasizes teachers' responsibilities to identify vulnerable females and devote extra attention to them to help them overcome their susceptibility and avoid dropping out. The scheme follows an extra-ordinary curriculum for its beneficiaries that cover multiple components like:

Personality Development Camp

Vocational Training

Sports Equipments Distribution

Bicycle procurement and Distribution

Library Books Distribution

Teacher training

Nutrition and School Health

Community Mobilisation

The scheme is implemented in 24 states of India.

These are the schemes applicable to all the students in the states and union territories of the nation the schemes cover.

The central government has introduced a few scholarships for those pursuing higher educational degrees.

Saksham Scholarship Scheme

Saksham Scholarship / Contingency is awarded to specially-abled students taking admission in AICTE approved Technical institutions at Degree/ Diploma. Total 1000 scholarships are given @ Rs. 30,000 as tuition fee reimbursement and Rs. 20,000 as incidentals each year. Students can now Apply Online for Saksham Scheme to avail its benefits.

Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS)

The goal of the PM Scholarship Scheme is to develop the capacities of J&K's youth, to educate, enable, and empower them to compete in a normal course and to improve and raise job prospects. Each year, a total of 5000 scholarships are awarded, with maintenance charges of Rs. 1,00,000/- and academic fees of Rs. 30,000/- for general degrees, Rs. 1,25,000/- for engineering degrees, and Rs. 3,00,000/- for medical degrees.

Samriddhi Scheme for SC / ST Students for Setting Start-Ups

Looking at the poor job availability in the market, it is necessary to provide opportunities for SC/ST students to start their own enterprises. The broad objective of the Samriddhi Scheme is to help SC/ST students in designing, launching, and running their own business/startup through entrepreneurship development program after formal education is over/during their education as per AICTE’s startup policy. Students can ApplyOnline for Samriddhi Scheme to avail the benefits.

With this educational aid by the government in the form of schemes and scholarships, numerous people can benefit and pursue their dream degrees and lead a bright future. With initiatives like these, the youth of the nation can boost its economy and help reach a better place in the world.

By initiating these schemes and scholarships, the government supports the educational needs of the country. Crowdfunding is another way in today’s world to support one’s educational dreams. A student who wishes to pursue a higher education degree can raise funds online through fundraising platforms and fulfill their dream of pursuing the degree they wish for.

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“Taking risks to save lives is my priority number one”

Luel Deng Ding, Education and Adolescent Officer, UNICEF Bentiu Field Office in South Sudan

Tell us a bit about your background.

I am a South Sudanese national born in Nasir, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. I grew up in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. I have a Masters Degree of Education with specialization in Planning, Management and Administration from Mount Kenya University, Kenya. A Bachelor Degree in Physics and Mathematics (2008, Kampala International University, Uganda), and an Associate Degree in Physics and Mathematics (2003/Ethiopia).

What do you do?

My work involves all aspects of education development and emergency interventions leading state education cluster coordination with government and education partners, support monitoring supervision, funds utilizations and accountability, assessment and response to acute education emergencies in the affected schools, planning and distribution of materials for schools, providing technical support in capacity development of education officials and teachers, spearheading Back To Learning campaigns Initiatives.

Other tasks include being the Staff Association Chairperson representing Bentiu Field Office and ensuring the welfare and well-being of all staff at field level. As well as my personal and mandatory learning and development courses.

What’s your working day like?

My working day varies daily with critical deadlines under L3 Emergency in South Sudan. My day to day tasks include working closely with government, stakeholders and education partners in project development and implementations, preparedness and contingency planning, assessment and response to acute education emergencies, mobilization and advocacy to freeing schools occupied by armed elements, meetings with parents, pupils and teachers, capacity development to early childhood education and primary teachers, field monitoring and reporting.

How would you describe your job to a 5-year-old?

For a 5-year old, I would like to describe my job by either drawing or composing a song as part of stimulation, remembrance and of course making her/him happy and bringing out smiles.

What did you want to be when you were a child?

During my childhood in a ‘’primary cycle,’’ I had the dream of becoming a Geologist. I was very good in Mathematics. But this dream didn’t materialize due to the long Sudan Civil War where the majority of children by then didn’t make their dreams. Later with life changes, I had a new dream to be a teacher. I had admired teaching with the hope that I will contribute to the world of excellencies educate and contribute to the bright future of young children.

How/when did you join UNICEF?

Before joining UNICEF, I strongly wanted to work for children and women to contribute to their well-being and advocate for their rights to access basic education services and other basic needs. I joined UNICEF in 2010 as an Education Officer supporting Basic Education and Gender Equity Education Programme (Education Development and Education in Emergency Programming) for Greater Upper Nile Region in South Sudan.

What are the most satisfying parts of your job?

The most satisfying part of my job at UNICEF front line is responding to acute education emergencies saving lives of thousands of children. I like to improve quality work in child friendly spaces, helping young children (3-18 yrs) including children with disabilities, to attend school and learn in the classrooms, provision of safe and clean drinking water in the schools, health and nutrition services. Since 2015, I was inspired to see children with their parents coming to schools with UNICEF birth notification certificates during the schools registrations. This makes me feel proud as a worker of UNICEF - for children to have identity and also make it easier for teachers during school registrations to screen children by gender, age and appropriate class to attend.

What’s the most challenging aspect of your job?

The most challenging part of my job is covering the whole State alone by balancing regular and emergency education programming within limited time while the demands are huge. This means I need to really spend 90% of my time advocating for education access for children, showcase and have strategies for achieving both results.

What’s your best UNICEF experience/memory?

I have so many, but I would like to share one of my favourite UNICEF experiences in the current crisis in South Sudan. Working for vulnerable children and women to me is the right choice. It is the story of a boy with a disability by the name Meat Riak, 11 years old. Riak was out of school before the crisis in 2013 and had no clue about education. Riak thought being disable meant inability. The parents were not thinking of taking him to school since he had a disability. With the “Back to Learning” door to door campaign in 2017, Meat was found sitting in their local tukul. Both parents were not convinced for Meat to go to school until I visited their homes and discussed further. Following the meeting with the parents, Meat was allowed to go school together with his younger sister. All were enrolled in primary one in 2017. While at school, Meat has seen lif change and has proper stimulation. Meat Riak engaged more and more at school where he was given special care as a child with a disability. He benefited from the distribution of exercise books, UNICEF school bag, pens, crayons, reading of textbooks and recreational games. Meat Riak attended school daily and he appreciated the support given by UNICEF-USAID that motivated him to learn despite the fact that it takes approximately 20 minutes to reach the school in a distance of 800 metres.

Riak happily expressed that “he doesn’t feel discriminated” as he is well taken care of by the teachers as well as his classmates since they help him push his wheelchair especially during break time in the school, and he feels proud to be in such an environment. Within one year, Riak learned how to speak English, read and write. Meat has big dreams for his future and aspires to become a Doctor.

This is an important part of my recent memory bringing displaced vulnerable children back to learning and create conducive learning environments for their studies.

What’s one of the biggest risks you’ve ever taken in your life?

Well, I have taken several risks in my life and have to choose within my working periods. The biggest risk I took was on 17th January 2012 when over 6,000 armed Lou Nuer Youth attacked Murle Community in Pibor and Lingkuagole areas and displaced thousands of children, women and elderly people. Thousands of children were lost and separated from their parents. Within that context of emergency, I was nominated as a UNICEF Emergency Team Leader to respond to acute emergency while the area was not safe for me as I am from Nuer. I took that risk to save the lives of vulnerable young Murle children. The day I arrived, I didn’t sleep at all thinking a lot about the life of vulnerable children and my life as well. We had a meeting with local authority and immediately started responding to emergency needs. Partners were organized and started documenting missing, separated children, traced children for possible reunion with their parents. Two UNICEF tents were set up and used for integrated learning and PSS activities including life-saving messages. While in the Child Friendly Centre, a young person from Murle community approached me and asked - “Luel, did UNICEF know that you are from Nuer?” I replied, “Yes. UNICEF knows and I am here as UNICEF staff saving the lives of innocent young children including you, the youth.” I continue “I am here to save lives and deliver essential life-saving and recreational materials for all vulnerable children, adolescent and youth so that you are fully engaged in life-saving activities”. Later, he checked my hands and asked me - “can I be in charge of mobilization for boys under 13 years and form a sport club (Boys Stars)?” I said “why not!?” At the end, I have observed attitude and behavioral changes among the youth after engaging in sports and others recreational activities. I was so excited seeing saving the lives of over 1,000 children and adolescents who were seriously affected by the crisis. Within that, I used to tell my colleagues, taking risks to save lives is my priority number one.

What are your passions? How do you spend your free time?

My passion is to be a servant leader, commit to what I have to do and drive for the best results. Also make a different by being creative, help and support children to realize their dreams for tomorrow. I love working for humanitarian agencies helping voiceless and disadvantage adolescents and children.

For the last 3-4 years, I spent my time at work responding to education in emergencies, short family visits and studies (pursuing my Masters Degree in Education).

What advice would you give others who are seeking a similar job as yours?

Work and contribute to save lives. Focus and have a vision of working for people and understand your strengths where you can support. Be honest, tolerant and never give up when the situation is worsening.

Who do you look towards for inspiration?

Definitely, my colleagues inspired me because they are working hard supporting every step of children’s lives and are always motivating me to improve the lives of children in war country South Sudan.

My colleagues don’t know that ...

My colleagues at work do not know that I am the best football player (midfielder). It was 2017 when I dressed up with an ARSENAL uniform heading to the football field. They asked, “Luel do you know how to play football?” They laughed, it was like a joke. They said, “let’s go and we see how you play”. This became funny when I showed off all my football styles. Yes, sport for physical fitness.

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Lupine Publishers | Role of Communities to Prevent Corneal Blindness

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Therapeutic Role of Drugs and Methods of Drug Delivery

The community needs to take appropriate actions itself, as well as actions by government and non-governmental organizations. Prevention of corneal blindness can take place at three stages:

a) Level-1 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent the onset of disease

b) Level-2 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent complications and the development of visual disability due to an existing disease

a. The risk factors and immediate medical causes

b. The contributing and social factors.

First steps

a) Q-What are the community's knowledge and perceptions regarding the causes and treatment of corneal blindness.

b) Q-What are the prevailing methods of communication within the community?

c) Q- How we can utilize present systems effectively to transmit the new awareness message. Q- How we can take benefit of current community knowledge and perceptions.

d) Q- What kind of expertise and skills exist within the community that may be exercised to design a effective awareness programme.

PP-Primary Prevention

SP-Secondary Prevention

Strengthen health systems

Conclusion

As an eye health worker one should understand both the medical causes of corneal scarring, and the non-medical and social factors that lead to corneal blindness.

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Fiinovation twitter - why #rejectNEP is trending on Twitter?

Some people who have want to reject the National Educational policy because they think it will promote child labour and exploitation in the name of “Internships” in India, this imposes Hindi on entire India, this will make education more expensive, no reservation in SC, ST and OBC category, dilution of India constitution, communalisation of education, Financial autonomy, etc. In reality, the National Educational Policy 2020 will make positive changes in the Indian education system.

Fiinovation CSR is always focusing on educational campaigns, such as providing funds to child welfare trust NGOs and conducting child protection programmes. Fiinovation supports #supportNEP 2020 because education is the main key to make students more knowledgeable, achieve high goals in the future.

The vision of National Education policy 2020

“The vision of the Policy is to instil among the learners a deep-rooted pride in being Indian, not only in thought, but also in spirit, intellect, and deeds, as well as to develop knowledge, skills, values, and dispositions that support responsible commitment to human rights, sustainable development and living, and global well-being, thereby reflecting a truly global citizen.”

This policy envisages that the extant 10+2 structure in school education will be modified with a new pedagogical and curricular restructuring of 5+3+3+4 covering ages 3-18.

The curricular and pedagogical structure of school education will be reconfigured to make it responsive and relevant to the developmental needs and interests of learners at different stages of their development, corresponding to the age ranges of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years, respectively. The curricular and pedagogical structure and the curricular framework for school education will, therefore, be guided by a 5+3+3+4 design, consisting of the Foundational Stage (in two parts, that is, 3 years of Anganwadi/pre-school + 2 years in a primary school in Grades 1-2; both together covering ages 3-8), Preparatory Stage (Grades 3-5, covering ages 8-11), Middle Stage (Grades 6-8, covering ages 11-14), and Secondary Stage (Grades 9-12 in two phases, i.e., 9 and 10 in the first and 11 and 12 in the second, covering ages 14-18). The Foundational Stage will consist of five years of flexible, multilevel, play/activity-based learning and the curriculum and pedagogy of ECCE. The Preparatory Stage will comprise three years of education building on the play, discovery, and activity-based pedagogical and curricular style of the Foundational Stage, and will also begin to incorporate some light textbooks as well as aspects of more formal but interactive classroom learning, in order to lay a solid groundwork across subjects, including reading, writing, speaking, physical education, art, languages, science, and mathematics. The Middle Stage will comprise three years of education, building on the pedagogical and curricular style of the Preparatory Stage, but with the introduction of subject teachers for learning and discussion of the more abstract concepts in each subject that students will be ready for at this stage across the sciences, mathematics, arts, social sciences, and humanities. Experiential learning within each subject, and explorations of relations among different subjects, will be encouraged and emphasized despite the introduction of more specialized subjects and subject teachers. The Secondary Stage will comprise four years of multidisciplinary study, building on the subject-oriented pedagogical and curricular style of the Middle Stage, but with greater depth, greater critical thinking, greater attention to life aspirations, and greater flexibility and student choice of subjects. In particular, students would continue to have the option of exiting after Grade 10 National Education Policy 2020 12 and re-entering in the next phase to pursue vocationally or any other courses available in Grades 11- 12, including at a more specialized school.

Fiinovation practices primarily focus on practice areas like health, education, livelihood skills and environment. New education policy believes students should get more practical knowledge through internships. It makes students more knowledgeable in their perspective field. These pedagogical practices help students in developing skills such as collaboration, self-initiative, self-direction, self-discipline, teamwork, responsibility, citizenship, etc. To providing internship to students at a young age is not supports child labour work but it helps students to adopt new skills in young age. Also, financial support will be provided by the government to various critical elements and components of education, such as ensuring universal access, learning resources, nutritional support, matters of student safety and well-being, adequate numbers of teachers and staff, teacher development, and support for all key initiatives towards equitable high-quality education for underprivileged and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Also, NEP 2020 said that “The matter of commercialization of education has been dealt with by the Policy through multiple relevant fronts, including the ‘light but tight’ regulatory approach that mandates full public self-disclosure of finances, procedures, course and programme offerings, and educational outcomes; the substantial investment in public education; and mechanisms for good governance of all institutions, public and private. Similarly, opportunities for higher cost recovery without affecting the needy or deserving sections will also be explored. ” Education activities are mentioned in Fiinovation Blogs that explain how solving social problems is their first responsibility. Fiinovation mentioned how new education policy builds new educational agenda that develops students' bright future. Fiinovation CEO Dr. Soumitro Chakraborty and team are honoured by many awards in the field of Health, Education, Environment and Livelihood with a focus on CSR & Sustainability.

We can contact Fiinovation through their social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin as they keep transparency about their work.

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Fiinovation Linkedin

Fiinovation Delhi NGO address: 24/30, Ground Floor, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III New Delhi – 110020, Delhi, India

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29-04-2020 Current Affairs & Daily News Analysis

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has downgraded India to the lowest ranking, “countries of particular concern” (CPC) in its 2020 report The report, released in Washington by the federal government commission that functions as an advisory body, placed India alongside countries, including China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. This is the first time since 2004 that India has been placed in this category. According to the report, India took a sharp downward turn in 2019, which included specific concerns about the Citizenship Amendment Act, the proposed National Register for Citizens, anti-conversion laws and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Government of India reacted sharply to the USCIRF report on Tuesday, terming it “biased and tendentious” and rejected its observations. Source : The Hindu (Social Issues) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy A study on face masks has identified a combination of two fabrics as possibly the best: either cotton plus natural silk, or cotton plus chiffon. If the fit is good, such homemade masks can effectively keep out aerosol particles About: An aerosol is a suspension of particles or droplets in the air. The virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through respiratory droplets, particularly when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines two size ranges for droplets through which respiratory infections can be transmitted — 5-10 microns in diameter (respiratory droplets) and less than 5 microns in diameter (droplet nuclei). One micron is a millionth part of a metre. It is respiratory droplets (the larger size range) that are thought to be the primary route of COVID-19 infection. Airborne transmission, which is through droplet nuclei (the smaller size range), was not reported in a large study in China, the WHO notes. Source : Indian Express (Health) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj issued guidelines regarding the SVAMITVA scheme, a new initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj About: SVAMITVA scheme is a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Panchayati Raj Departments, State Revenue Departments and Survey of India. The program is currently being implemented in six states - Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India, engaging the latest Drone Surveying technology, for demarcating the inhabitant land in rural areas. Under this, mapping of rural housing land can be done using the latest survey methods and drones. This scheme will help in streamlining planning and revenue collection in rural areas and ensuring clarity on property rights. This will also help in resolving property related disputes. The scheme will enable creation of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs), leveraging the maps created under this programme. Source : PIB (Polity & Goverance) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy April 29 is the birth anniversary of the famed Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), remembered for giving Indians their western, classical representations of Hindu gods and goddesses About: Raja Ravi Varma (1848 – 1906) is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. Varma was patronised by Ayilyam Thirunal, the next Maharaja of Travancore and began formal training thereafter. A prolific artist, Varma is believed to have made around 7,000 paintings before his death at the age of 58. His most famous works include Damayanti Talking to a Swan, Shakuntala Looking for Dushyanta, Nair Lady Adorning Her Hair, and Shantanu and Matsyagandha. Key highlights of his work His works are held to be among the best examples of the fusion of European techniques with a purely Indian sensibility. Through his printing press, Varma’s humanised depiction of Hindu pantheon travelled beyond the surfaces of costly canvases, and into the prayer and living rooms of working-class homes. He was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. His depictions of Hindu deities and episodes from the epics and Puranas have received profound acceptance from the public and are found, often as objects of worship, across the length and breadth of India. Important Info : Honours In 1904, Viceroy Lord Curzon, on behalf of the British King Emperor, bestowed upon Varma the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal.In 2013, the crater Varma on Mercury was named in his honor.Government of Kerala has instituted an award called Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram, which is awarded every year to people who show excellence in the field of art and culture. Source : Indian Express (Culture) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a Swedish think tank, released its annual report titled ‘Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019 About: The global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, an increase of 3.6% from 2018. In 2019, the top five largest spenders — U.S. ($732 bn), China ($261 billion), India ($71.1 billion), Russia ($65.1 bn) and Saudi Arabia ($61.9 bn) — accounted for 62% of the global expenditure. India and China emerged among the top three spenders. India was at the fourth position in 2018 with Saudi Arabia at the third. The $71.1 billion spent by India on defence in 2019 was 2.4% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). India’s expenditure in 2019 was 6.8% more than that in 2018. India’s military expenditure grew 259% over a 30-year period between 1990 and 2019 and by 37% over the decade of 2010–19. However, its military burden fell from 2.7% of GDP in 2010 to 2.4% in 2019.” Source : Times of India (Defense & Security) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Union Minister for Environment, Prakash Javadekar represented India in the first virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue About: The first virtual Climate Dialogue, was the eleventh session of Petersberg Climate Dialogue. It has been hosted by Germany since 2010 to provide a forum for informal high-level political discussions, focusing both on international climate negotiations and the advancement of climate action. The dialogue saw participation from Ministers and representatives of about 30 countries. Source : All India Radio (Environment) Government has announced around 11 % increase in annual central allocation of cooking cost under Mid-day meal scheme to 8,100 crore rupees in view of situation arising out of COVID-19 About: With a view to enhancing enrolment, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) was launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in 1995. In 2001 MDMS became a cooked Mid Day Meal Scheme. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme covers children of classes I-VIII studying in government, government-aided schools, special training centres (STC) and madarsas/ maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). It is the largest school feeding programme in the world. The Midday Meal Scheme is covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013. Source : All India Radio (Education) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Daily Current affairs and News Analysis Best IAS Coaching centers in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Contact Vignan IAS Academy Enroll For IAS Foundation Course from Best IFS Academy in Bangalore Read the full article

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COVID-19 and Trinidad and Tobago education's digital divide

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COVID-19 and Trinidad and Tobago education's digital divide

“Classroom of the future.” Photo by Chris Gebert (CC-BY-NC-2.0)

On March 16, 2020, a week before the country went into its version of lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Trinidad and Tobago government ordered the closure of all educational institutions. For the most part, universities and other tertiary educational institutions have been able to transition to online teaching, learning and assessment. In many primary and secondary schools, however, the shift has exposed the severity of the country’s digital divide and the need to address digital illiteracy in Trinidad and Tobago. In comparison to a number of CARICOM members states, the digital landscape in Trinidad and Tobago would appear to provide a ready environment for online learning. Internet penetration was reported to be 77.3% in December 2018, and for almost two decades there has been significant state investment and support from development agencies for the development of digital infrastructure and e-services in the public sector. Yet our education system has lagged behind. In June 2019, the Minister of Education, Anthony Garcia, announced that Trinidad and Tobago would inform the Caribbean Examinations Council, CARICOM’s central examinations board, that the country’s schools would not ready for the planned shift to in 2020. The aim was to have the public education system prepared to make this transition by 2021. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has since accelerated these efforts and the urgency of moving teaching, learning and assessment online. The thing that does not transition as smoothly, however, are the socio-spatial inequalities that exist in Trinidad and Tobago, and the corresponding digital divide—the term used by social scientists and others to refer to uneven access to basic information and communication technologies. The concept of a digital divide seems abstract until we examine the realities faced by both teachers and students. I have been interviewing secondary school teachers who teach fifth form (15-16-year-old) students. In one secondary school in the Caroni district in central Trinidad, out of the 15 students in the English A classroom, eight students neither have access to a laptop or the internet. The teacher has created a WhatsApp group to engage with the students. She e-mailed the group an exam revision exercise, and after one week, received responses from only two students. Similarly, a teacher in a secondary school in Port of Spain, Trinidad’s capital, reported being in regular contact with only four out of the 20 students in her class. The participation rate has been low and engagement with students difficult in schools that have large student populations from under-resourced communities. Some teachers have nevertheless created vibrant online communities for the teaching and learning of English and Math, but appear to be exceptions to the rule. Navigating online technologies for education presents many challenges, besides the obvious concerns about students’ ability to access the necessary tools and technologies. The interaction between teachers and students in the digital space is different from face-to-face engagement and depends on the level of digital literacy possessed by both parties. To carry out “formal” educational processes online requires both competence and confidence. For evidence of this, just ask any of the many members of parliament or local government councillors who have assisted members of the public with submitting online applications for social services. To make up for the lack of comprehensive pedagogical training in this area, teachers in Trinidad and Tobago’s public education system are being trained to make the transition through piecemeal “emergency” online workshops and tutorials. As tracking student participation in online classes is difficult, a significant portion of teaching and communication with students has moved to mobile phone communications. “Online classes” have in some cases become “mobile phone classes,” as teachers use WhatsApp groups and personal phone calls to reach out to students. This has implications for what we think of as effective online teaching, in addition to the added labour teachers are required to perform to engage students. Consecutive Trinidad and Tobago governments have sung the gospel of technology in schools. The Ministry of Education’s Laptops in Schools programme, initiated in 2010 by the People’s Partnership administration, did not bring about the major pedagogical and attitudinal shifts it declared it would. Studies evaluating the programme have shown that teachers and students had different expectations of the use of laptops in classrooms, and the success of the programme relied more on the culture of individual schools than on any benefits derived from individual ownership. The scope of the programme did, however, bring into focus the limited ICT capacity available in secondary schools, and the need to direct resources to improve it. By 2016, the People’s National Movement administration discontinued the distribution of personal laptops to students in favour of an approach intended to build schools’ ICT capacity. In the past I have publicly criticised the implementation of the Laptop in Schools programme both for its failure to confront issues of digital literacy and to create content suitable for digital modes of learning. My position has since changed. I am in favour of a comprehensive ICT in education overhaul that also delivers laptops in the hands of students. Will COVID-19 also shift the political positions of the current regime in power? Teachers and school administrators have also pointed out the need for support services for students with physical and learning impairments and interventions into households with heightened parent-child conflicts. Many students in Trinidad and Tobago already contend with a high level of stress in their homes and communities, and with the new arrangements, many young people now find themselves burdened with the care of younger siblings, including managing their educational needs. The unequal division of labour often means that these tasks fall to young women and girls. To say that the state has been negligent in their duty to educate the public during this crisis would be to disregard the significant emergency response and relief they have offered since the closure of schools. The fairly quick transfer of the meals from the School Nutrition Programme to parents’ short-term “food cards” on a needs basis was impressive. But the ministers of government and public servants in the Ministry of Education have a difficult task in front of them. A press conference on April 14, 2020, offered a picture of the challenging context in which they have to work in order for “the core business of education” to continue. It also showed their openness to responding to questions about pertinent issues such as examination dates at the local and regional levels. But what I did not hear was an acknowledgement of the importance of students as stakeholders and decision-makers. Student government leaders, student clubs and digital student “users” need to be a part of the decisions being made on their behalf and that will shape their futures.

Screenshot of the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education's recently launched online learning platform.

Whether we call the thing we’re experiencing a crisis or a disaster, what will need to follow is a recovery, and a reimagining of education, and to leave students out is to leave them behind. The experiences and perspectives of students at all levels of the education system should influence the response and “way out” for the education system. What we do not want is a situation where the exclusion of students is a threat greater than COVID-19 to our education. As the Guyanese poet Martin Carter declared, “all are involved! all are consumed!” Immediately after the Ministry of Education’s April 14 press conference, I received two phone calls. The second was from a parent who was trying to decide whether to invest in private lessons being offered by their child’s primary school teacher at a cost of three hundred dollars ($US45) per week. The deal being offered included two WhatsApp video calls. The first call was a sixth form student who offered me a review of the School Learning Management System (SLMS), the online platform recently launched by the Ministry, on the basis of user-friendliness and content. People who have accepted politicians’ assessment of the platform should sign up themselves and draw their own conclusions. Maybe they could then begin to distinguish between public relations and reality.

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Daily Current Affairs 29th April 2020

MINISTRY DOES U-TURN ON PLASMA THERAPY

Plasma therapy is not an approved treatment for COVID-19 and is only one of the several therapies being explored currently, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

The therapy is still at an experimental stage and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is currently studying its efficacy.

ICMR has not given any clearance for its use as a prescribed treatment and the misuse can have fatal outcome for the patients.

The Health Ministry statement comes days after the Drug Controller General of India gave its go-ahead to a proposal by the ICMR for the clinical trial of convalescent plasma therapy in COVID-19 patients as per the protocol developed by the Council.

Evidence Not Enough:

At the daily press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough evidence to claim that plasma therapy can be used for treatment of the disease.

The ICMR has launched a national-level study to look into the efficacy of plasma therapy in treatment of COVID-19.

Till the ICMR concludes its study and a robust scientific proof is available, plasma therapy should be used only for research or trial purpose.

If plasma therapy is not used in proper manner under proper guidelines, then it can also cause life threatening complications.

Last week, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had asked the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) to contact recovered COVID-19 patients to come forward for blood donation, from which convalescent plasma could be collected and used.

As mentioned by ICMR, the convalescent plasma will be really helpful in treating severe and serious COVID-19 patients.

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$1.5 BILLION ADB LOAN TO FUND COVID RESPONSE

ADB:

Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established on Dec.19, 1966.

The aim of this bank is to accelerate economic and social development in Asia and pacific region.

The bank started its functioning on January 1, 1967.Its headquarter is located at Manila, Philippines.

Official United Nations Observer.

The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries.

It is modeled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with members’ capital subscriptions.

Functions of ADB:

(1) To make loans and equity investments for economic and social development of its developing members countries.

(2) To provide for technical assistance for the preparation and implementation of development projects and advisory services.

(3) To respond to the request for assistance in coordinating developmental policies and plans in developing member countries.

(4) This bank constituted Asian Development Fund in 1974, which provides loans to Asian countries on concessional interest rates.

Why in News?

The Government of India has taken a $1.5 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund its immediate response to COVID-19, both in terms of the health and socio-economic impacts.

The bank is also in talks with the government to fund further stimulus measures, including support for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and for extending health services through public-private partnerships.

The money, translating to more than ₹11,000 crore, will be spent to implement the containment plan and rapidly ramp up the test-track-treatment capacity.

It will also be used to provide social protection for 80 crore poor people over the next three months, according to Finance Ministry additional secretary Sameer Kumar Khare, who signed the loan agreement.

The loan, approved by the ADB under its COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) Programme, is the bank’s largest ever to India.

The Centre will also take the ADB’s technical support to strengthen its implementation framework and capacities to deliver the Rs. 1.7 lakh crore welfare package announced last month.

The bank was also in talks to provide “further possible support for stimulating the economy, support strong growth recovery, and to build resilience to future shocks.

During an April 9 telephone meeting, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa told Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that apart from emergency needs, the bank was also willing to support “short- to medium-term measures to restore the dynamic economic growth of the country by exploring all available financing options.

This would include support for the MSMEs by facilitating access to finance through credit guarantee schemes, integration into global and national value chains through enterprise development centers, and a credit enhancement facility for infrastructure projects.

USCIRF DOWNGRADES INDIA IN 2020 LIST

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has downgraded India to the lowest ranking, “countries of particular concern” (CPC) in its 2020 report.

The report, released in Washington by the federal government commission that functions as an advisory body, placed India alongside countries, including China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. This is the first time since 2004 that India has been placed in this category.

“India took a sharp downward turn in 2019,” the commission noted in its report, which included specific concerns about the Citizenship Amendment Act, the proposed National Register for Citizens, anti-conversion laws and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

“The national government used its strengthened parliamentary majority to institute national-level policies violating religious freedom across India, especially for Muslims.”

The panel said that the CPC designation was also recommended because “national and various State governments also allowed nationwide campaigns of harassment and violence against religious minorities to continue with impunity, and engaged in and tolerated hate speech and incitement to violence against them”.

The Centre reacted sharply to the USCIRF report on Tuesday, terming it “biased and tendentious” and rejected its observations.

Three of the 10 USCIRF commissioners, including Gary Bauer, Johnnie Lee, and Tenzin Dorjee, dissented with the panel’s recommendation on India as being ‘too harsh’ and that ended up placing the country alongside what they termed as “rogue nations” like China and North Korea.

“I am confident that India will reject any authoritarian temptation and stand with the United States and other free nations in defence of liberty, including religious liberty,” wrote Commissioner Bauer in his dissenting note.

The commission also recommended that the U.S. government take stringent action against India under the “International Religious Freedom Act” (IRFA).

It called on the administration to “impose targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies and officials responsible for severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals’ assets and/or barring their entry into the United States under human rights-related financial and visa authorities, citing specific religious freedom violations”.

In 2005, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was at the time the Chief Minister of Gujarat was censured by the USCIRF.

The commission had recommended sanctions against Mr. Modi for the 2002 riots and the U.S. government had subsequently cancelled his visa.

The USCIRF 2020 report makes a specific mention of Home Minister Amit Shah, for not taking what it deemed as sufficient action to stop cases of mob lynching in the country, and for referring to migrants as “termites”.

In December 2019, the USCIRF had also asked the U.S. government to consider sanctions against Mr. Shah and “other principal leadership” over the decision to pass the Citizenship Amendment Act.

MID-DAY MEALS ON DURING VACATION

Mid-Day Meal Scheme:

Mid-day meal (MDM) is a wholesome freshly-cooked lunch served to children in government and government-aided schools in India.

On 28 November 2001, the Supreme Court of India passed a mandate stating, “We direct the State Governments/Union Territories to implement the Mid-Day Meal Scheme by providing every child in every Government and Government assisted Primary School with a prepared midday meal.”

The Midday Meal Scheme comes under the HRD Ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy.

Launched in the year 1995 as a centrally sponsored scheme, it provides that every child within the age group of six to fourteen years studying in classes I to VIII who enrolls and attends the school, shall be provided hot cooked meal having nutritional standards of 450 calories and 12 gm of protein for primary (I- V class) and 700 calories and 20 gm protein for upper primary (VI-VIII class), free of charge every day except on school holidays.

The scheme covers all government and government aided schools and also Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

Tamilnadu is a pioneer in introducing Mid-Day meals in India.

Why in News?

The Centre plans to extend the mid-day meal scheme in government schools over the summer holidays due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

An additional ₹958 crore will be provided for this purpose, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank told State Education Ministers on Tuesday.

An extra ₹790 crore would be provided to buy pulses, vegetable, oil, spices and fuel by hiking the annual allocation for cooking costs.

The Centre will also provide 3 lakh tonnes of foodgrains, worth approximately ₹990 crore.

However, reports from States suggest that the current implementation of the mid-day meal scheme has been patchy and variable across different regions.

While Kerala is providing actual cooked meals delivered to the homes of poor students, a large number of other States, including Karnataka and West Bengal, are providing dry rations to students’ families in lieu of cooked meals during the lockdown.

Delhi schools do not seem to be offering either option, with officials simply pointing to the cooked meals being offered at general relief centres across the city.

Nationwide, 11.5 crore children studying in Class 1 to 8 in 11.34 lakh schools depend on the scheme for a nutritious lunch.

Board Exam Papers:

Nishank also urged States to begin the process of evaluating answer sheets of completed State Board exams during the lockdown itself, and facilitate the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in its correction of answer sheets as well.

Noting that an alternative academic calendar has already been released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the Union Minister said States could adopt it according to their local situation.

He also urged them to prepare safety guidelines in preparation for opening of schools post the lockdown.

The Education Ministers of 22 States and secretaries from another 14 States and Union Territories participated in the videoconference with the Union Minister.

BRICS SHOULD HELP ENTREPRENEURS: INDIA

BRICS:

BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies:

Brazil,

Russia,

India,

China and

South Africa.

Originally the first four were grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”), before the induction of South Africa in 2010.

The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs; all are members of G20.

Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits. China hosted the 9th BRICS summit in Xiamen on September 2017, while Brazil hosted the most recent 11th BRICS summit on 13-14 November 2019.

Why in News?

Member countries of the BRICS group should assist private entrepreneurs to help them deal with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday.

He also spoke of the need for reform in the multilateral global platforms during the videoconference of Foreign Ministers of the BRICS group which was convened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Jaishankar emphasised that we need to provide support to businesses, especially MSMEs, to tide over the crisis and ensure livelihoods are not lost.

The Minister emphasised that the pandemic is not only posing a great risk to the health and well being of humanity but is also severely impacting global economy,

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, South African Minister of International Relations Grace Naledi Pandor and Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo participated.

SOURCE: THE HINDU

WORD OF THE DAY

Legal Tender:

Legal tender is anything recognized by law as a means to settle a public or private debt or meet a financial obligation, including tax payments, contracts, and legal fines or damages.

The national currencyis legal tender in practically every country.

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10 fantastic things Aliko Dangote has done in the last 10 years

The name Aliko Dangote needs no introduction across the length and breadth of Nigeria. While some believe it is a household name, others believe the bearer has a stake across all the sectors of the economy.

That Aliko Dangote has been able to hold on to the position of the richest man in Africa for 10 years is a pointer to the fact that he has achieved several enviable feats.

How is it that one man has been able to hold the position consistently for the last 10 years?

Not a few people have the above questions in their minds, and indeed it is one that is worth asking. Alhaji Aliko Dangote has managed to pull this feat by the sheer effort of personal, business decisions and actions he has taken over the years.

So, what exactly are those things he has done over the last decade? We certainly cannot consider all, but let us start by x-raying 10 fantastic things this billionaire has done in the last ten years, as he celebrates his 63rd birthday.

In 2011, Dangote invested a massive $400 million in the construction of a cement plant, and also invested R779 million to increase the Dangote Industries Limited stakes in Sephaku Cement (Pty) Limited, based in South Africa, from 19.76% to 64%.

His investment into the South Africa-based cement company was described as the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) ever by an African company in South Africa at the time.

If the Dangote Industries was not already present in 14 African countries at the time, one would have thought the man was in a heated race for the gold.

Keep in mind that the Dangote Group had already been listed among the top 40 African Challengers by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a United States-based rating agency; the agency had already seen the potential in the Dangote Group to rival Fortune 500 Companies.

Now isn’t this fantastic?

Back home in Nigeria in 2012, Dangote Cement moved to erect the biggest cement plant in Africa in Southwest Nigeria.

The most amazing thing is the fact that this rich billionaire spent $1 billion on what the Guardian referred to as “a century-old wasteland of limestone and red dirt in south-west Nigeria”.

Some must have turned their noses up at this move, possibly thinking of him as one of those “money miss road”, but 9 years after, the Dangote Cement plant, Ibese in Ogun state accounts for over 6 million metric tonnes of cement, which translates to more money for the billionaire over the years.

With this in place and the creating of new lines at Dangote Cement Plant, Obajana, he ended the era of cement import and launched Nigeria into cement export.

He was already richest black man in the world at the time and ranked 76 in the world by Forbes magazine.

Dangote moved to assert his place in sugar production when in February 2013, the Dangote Sugar Refinery announced plans to acquire 95% equity stake in Savannah Sugar Company limited, SSC.

The deal was executed through a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, SSPA, and Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) acquired 95% of the issued share capital of Savanna Sugar, amounting to 2.14 billion ordinary shares of N1.00 each.

This was about the same time the Nigerian government designed the backward integration goal, the National Sugar Master Plan to attract over $1 billion annually in local and foreign direct investments and create jobs.

Also, recall that April 2013 was the first time the mogul announced his intention to build a private refinery in Nigeria, to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on importation of petroleum products.

Such big dreams!!!

Aliko Dangote in 2015 signed a mammoth deal with Chinese state-owned engineering company, SINOMA, to build factories for Dangote Cement Plc.

The deal was worth $4.3 billion (£2.8 billion), and seven plants to be built across the continent and one in Nepal. It was not just another avenue to spend money, as the billionaire had done the calculation and expected the new plants to increase the company’s production capacity by as much as 25 million metric tonnes.

Great plans for his home country, no doubt!

As a result of the sizeable investments made over the years, Dangote Cement ended 2014 with new lines in Nigeria, factories becoming operational in Senegal and South Africa, and other plants in Cameroon and Zambia. This increased production capacity from just under 21 million tonnes in January to more than 34 million tonnes at the end of the year.

This was an unprecedented rate of expansion and the company went ahead to open new factories in Ethiopia and Tanzania in the following year.

The Dangote Foundation remains one of the most heart-touching innovations of Aliko Dangote. It is the largest foundation in Africa and has an annual endowment of $1.25 billion. The foundation is described as “locally focused, but globally-minded” and has contributed millions to improve nutrition, health, education and economic empowerment in Nigeria.

The foundation is a lead contributor to the ‘Saving One Million Lives’ every year in Nigeria and was at the forefront of efforts to contain the spread of Ebola in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The foundation was the biggest private contributor to the African Union Ebola Trust Fund with a donation of $3 million.

The foundation also partnered Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate polio in Nigeria by strenghtening primary health care and making provisions for routine immunization across Northern Nigeria. The initial project commenced in Kano and Bauchi states. In January 2016, Sokoto, Yobe, Kaduna and Borno States were added to the partnership, with over $10 Million spent.

The Aliko Dangote Foundation Micro-grant programme is a N10 Billion programme designed to provide a N10,000 one-off grant to at least 1,000 vulnerable women, and in some cases, youths, in each of the 774 LGAs across Nigeria. it is national programme launched in Kano in 2011 and is being systemically rolled out across the country. The programme is being implemented in partnership with states government to complement their respective poverty alleviation drive across the country.

So far, the sum of N3.345 Billion has been disbursed to women across Kano, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Lagos, Niger and Nasarawa States.

Also, in continuation of its efforts to rehabilitate and resettle the Internally Displaced People in the Northeast, Nigeria, the Aliko Dangote Foundation commissioned 200 Housing Units of the Dangote Village Housing Estate for the Internally Displaced Persons in Maiduguri, Borno State, with Award Letters issued to the chosen beneficiaries – mostly widows with dependents.

In support of this laudable action by the Foundation, the State Government made provision for each family to be given economic empowerment tools to sustain their livelihood adding a fully functional school and a clinic to cater for the residents of the estate.

The impact of this foundation over the years can hardly be wrapped into a few paragraphs, but it has been a major contributor to alleviating poverty, just as the philanthropist billionaire intended.

The year 2018 was a significant one for the Dangote Group. Aliko Dangote did the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a rice processing plant in Jigawa – the culmination of a series of events that started a couple of years earlier.

He had signed a $1 billion agreement with the Federal Government for the integrated rice production in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Niger and Jigawa.

The multi-billion processing mill had the capacity, upon completion, to process 16 tonnes of paddy rice per hour, totalling to about 14-billion-naira worth of rice per year.

It was a much-celebrated event for the year, as the rice mill was expected to improve the lives of the residents since the raw products would be bought from local farmers in Jigawa. The end aim is to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice production.

We can expect more from this billionaire in this regard, as he has announced in recent times, his intention to do more in agriculture.

Dangote Cement Nigeria increased the group’s revenue in 2018 by over 10%, simply by creating favourable fuel mix at the cement plants at Obajana and Ibese. With these unprecedented innovations, the group cut out reliance on imported coal for both plans and started using coals from mines operated by the Dangote Industries Limited.

The impact of this was seen largely on foreign currency demands, thus pushing the company’s revenues. Subsequently, all eight kilns in Obajana and Ibese have been running on coal, gas or LPFO or a mixture of the three. I’m sure you didn’t know that.

And lets no forget that stunt he pulled when he bought back Dangote flour mills, the loss-making business he sold for $200 million to Tiger Brands, only to resell it to Olams years later for $362 million

2019 was the year of consolidating on the refinery plans which had long commenced. The peak of it all was the arrival of the specially configured facility which Dangote had since requested to be made.

The facility, which was built by Sinopec, China’s leading energy and chemical company, has been described as the largest in the world and has since been installed at the Dangote refinery.

The Atmospheric tower is expected to separate crude oil into its components (or distillation cuts, distillation fractions) for further processing by other processing units when the refinery starts full operations later this year.

According to the mogul, the refinery will within 18 months of operation, be able to meet Nigeria’s demand for petroleum products, and soon after become the largest exporter of petroleum products in Africa.

Experts support this prediction, adding that Nigeria could become Africa’s biggest producer and exporter of refined petroleum and gas products, including plastics, fertilizer, jet fuel, diesel and gasoline. This is expected to lift the economy of the entire continent. Amazing, right?

Very fresh on our minds is the donation of N2 billion naira and other materials to the Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19, just some weeks ago. It signified the tycoon’s willingness to partner with the Central Bank of Nigeria, and private sector participants, to alleviate some of the hardships which the pandemic is sure to inflict on Nigeria.

Just weeks before this, he had donated N100 million worth of materials after the Abule-ado explosion to help in rebuilding the destroyed buildings.

You may feel like we have said much here, but we have not even made mention of the infrastructural facilities he built across tertiary institutions in the country – the construction of a N1.2 Billion Dangote Business School, Bayero University Kano, or the construction of hostels or provisions of power supply at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state and Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State.

So much has not been said.

The year is still very young with only 101 days gone, there’s still a lot more fantastic things that could happen this year. Keep in mind that the billionaire also has plans to buy Arsenal FC, and take the Nigerian flag all over the world.

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