Viswanadha Gupta Puvvada

Savitribai Phule Pune University | University of Poona · Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension

Lack of adequate motivation is one of the serious problems in adult education. Due to lack of motivation, the learners are not attending the centres, the volunteers are not committed to the programme and the community members are either remaining as spectators or criticisers instead of doing something positive to the programme. How to solve the pro...

India has the worlds' second largest tribal population next only to the African continent. As per the census of 2001, Scheduled Tribes population constitute 84.32 million which is about 8.2 percent of India's population. There are 664 tribal communities of which 75 are categorized as primitive Tribal Groups. The tribal communities speak in about 10...

The Government of India estimated the skilled workforce as 50croresby 2022. About 1.2 crorepersons are expected to join the workforce every year. This population need to be possibly skills acquired. The healthcare sector is expected to affect not only growth of the economy but also employment. Considering the significance of skill development as we...

In an ideal world, medical decisions would be made using ‘normative’ techniques – decision-making processes that guarantee the best chance of the correct outcome. In this world, doctors would know the prevalence of each possible condition under consideration; have full knowledge of test characteristics. In real life, doctors are using a very differ...

Social Responsibility is a universal phenomenon. Social responsibility is an ethical framework which suggests that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. Social responsibility is the duty every individual has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the hum...

Health is human being’s most precious possession. It influences all their activities and shapes the destiny of people. Without health there can be no solid foundation for man's happiness. Good health and long life have, therefore, traditionally been the most prized goals of mankind. Good health is considered a pre-requisite for economic development...

Project report of UPE-II, University of Pune

The word "Nomadism" is refers to any type of existence characterized by the absence of a domicile. Nomadism is a worldwide phenomenon. They are referred to as ethnic or social professional group which travel and migrate in large or small claims is search of means of livelihoods with in a community, a nation or across international boundaries, who s...

Trining increases the capacity bulding of the trainee and improves his/her performance on the job situation. Types of Trining,Principles of Traing, General features of Training behairoua, Methods of Training and duties, functions of target group and qualities and qualities of effectivve trainee are presented in this paper,

Adult education always has provided an opportunity to the adults to know their rights, obligations and duties and has acted as a key lever of democratic functioning by producing well organised, self-disciplined, open minded, rational, scientific tempered and secular oriented masses of adults who have cultivated habits of discussion, faith of non-vi...

These are the various strategies that can be thought of. Let us all work together to create a proper atmosphere in our universities and communities around us and create a new India, free from exploitation in the coming o decades-

These are the various strategies that can be thought of. Let us all work together to create a proper atmosphere in our universities and communities around us and create a new India, free from exploitation in the coming o decades-

These are the various strategies that can be thought of. Let us all work together to create a proper atmosphere in our universities and communities around us and create a new India, free from exploitation in the coming o decades-

It can be said that the management and the systems and procedures, which are in place in the organization, show certain weakness, which need to be addressed. These include overall project steering, conceptual guidance and leadership, planning and monitoring, in particular reporting, personnel management and staff development

The Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, University of Pune, proposes to organize an International Seminar, under its Third Mission in Higher Education (Extension) Programme, on “Social Inequalities in Higher Education: Identifying Parallels in India and Brazil”. The International Seminar will have a speaker each from Brazil (a kn...

“To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves.” ____ Jawaharlal Nehru Every developing nation should believe that education is the heart of the development process. Development in the quality of the life of people as a significant whole is also the qua...

Dalit is the term of Untouchables of Maharashtra, of those who are looked down upon even by other workers. Dalit is Marathi for 'the spurned'. The term was first used for the Untouchables in 1930. It is a comprehensive expression which includes Harijans. Dalit is a protest literature against all forms of exploitation based on class, race, caste or...

The successful running of any education system depends upon the teacher, the pupil, the curriculum and the facilities. Teacher is the most important one and the pivot on whom the entire educational structure rests. For many teachers this is earnestly to be hoped; with regard to others, it is a despairing thought. It seems reasonable to assume that...

This paper makes a note on Country"s vision and inclusive growth and need to propagate adult and continuing program mes. It further goes to evaluate various programs and schemes designed and implemented by the Government of India and derived benefits and as well as drawbacks

For social progress literacy occupies an important place, without which individual and social progress is not fruitful.

Education has a critical role to play in bringing the UN-reached and downtrodden yo the mainstream and giving them a fair chance in sharing the fruits of development. various strategies from different sources for better implementation of Literacy are discussed

Women participation in politics and to know the attitude of dalit women students towards politics and participation

NGO's are primarily working for providing for providing voluntary services to cater the needs of masses. NGO's Played a pioneering role in rural development and action reserch

Education is a social institution, which prepares a person for certain roles in the society. Literacy is basic tool for acquisition of education. Society has evolved different systems for transmission of education or knowledge (stored experiences) e.g. formal education system, non-formal education system and informal education system. Literacy prog...

This study examines whether traditional health beliefs and practices of fisher folk villages of north costal Andhra Pradesh reported in the literature were consistent with those of a target population of low-income women in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam and describes how these traditional classifications of illness and healing practice...

According to J K Nyerer president of Tanzania, educating masses in the broad sense “is the key to the development of free men and free societies. Its function is to help men to think for themselves to make their own decisions and to execute those decisions for themselves”. This requires a constant education and training of our citizens for better a...

The aim of the paper to understandings to bridge the gap between employment opportunities and the vocational skills and knowledge base of the unemployed youth in the country and therefore, help them to get suitable employment opportunities. The findings and analyses provide a conceptualization of strategies to upgrade and enhance the relevance of v...

Lack of adequate training base has been one of the weakest links in the past adult education programmes. The ongoing Saakshar Barat Programme throughout the country should not suffer from this handicap. Training in the context of Saakshar Barat Programme is conducted on a three tier basis viz., (1) Resource Persons at the district level, (2) Master...

The concept of Human Development is a complex and multi dimensional phenomena.Ho is much more than mere poverty eradication. It provides a solution, where people can freely identify and select their choices.In this, we confined to the concept of human development form the vantage point of policy makers and planners, who believe in the intervention...

The Community Based Organizations appear to be more-attractive and conducive to SHG members to express their better awareness and also emerging leadership among them. Since Community Based Organizations registered highest presence among SHG members selected for the study. This also leads to conclude that given the circumstances SHGs are better opti...

Risks and uncertainties are part of life's great adventure i.e. accident, illness, theft, natural disaster and they are all built into the working of the universe, waiting to happen. Insurance is man's answer to the vagaries of life. People cannot avoid man-made, disaster and natural calamities, well, at least be prepared for them and their afterma...

The two facets of women in production and reproduction should be contemporary and interactive, without economic independence women cannot achieve equality. Provision of infrastructure and skill orientation is an integral part of national and international developmental strategies. The main concern is raising the consciousnesses levels among the wom...

Universal literacy is recognized to be an important factor in contributing to social and economic development. The linkage between literacy on one hand and other aspects of social and economic development are quite strong. Literacy facilities better and more effective communication of new technology in agriculture and extension agencies could work...

Election is the process which gives legitimacy to government in a democracy. This helps in the alternation of governmental power from one party to the other in a smooth and Constitutional way. Periodic elections have given the competitive party system a meaning and hope to gain or to retain power. From the study it was observed creating awareness g...

This paper contains the population situation in India, population Education history and definitions, nature of population education are discussed.Education has an impact on the behavioral and thinking capacity of human being. It is time to formulate appropriate strategies to educate rural masses in population education

The general feeling in the minds of many people was that having a handicapped child was a disgrace. The public needs to be educated that disabled persons include not only physically handicapped but also hearing impaired, locomotor impaired and mentally retarded.

The social fabric in India, our Country encounters with peculiar problems of several of communities and who are encounter social, economical, cultural backwardness often classified as weaker sections. For the empowerment of women SHG is the one of the weapon to uplift the status

Society views the handicapped with negligence or in a different attitude. Generally, the society mistreats and makes them carry a burden of guilt arising out of superstition. But the handicapped can be very productive and have inherent intelligence. Certain jobs can be manned and performed efficiently every by the handicapped. The concept equal opp...

The state must provide the necessary conditions for their social and economic development. They need a provision for opportunities in career and necessary training. They do not need any sympathy and their need is encouragement. The handicapped are, irrespective of their social nature, educated or uneducated are facing some kind of constraints in th...

The problems of research in adult education are of an interdisciplinary nature. They cover a wide area and transcend the boundaries of any particular field. The problems of research may be various dimensions – theoretical research, applied research, action research, participatory research, survey research, historical research and so on. The related...

The aim of guidance is to empower students to acquire the knowledge, skills, information and attitudes to understand nd positively enhance their own career development. In this paper learning objectives of career guidance , career management skills,educational planning, career awareness, exploration and planning, need and barriers come across were...

Young people to-day are facing a complex rapidly changing society. The life career development of young people should be a process of planned intervention whereby educators, parent, government agencies and community members work together to provide student with hope for the future and to empower them believe themselves. The college level career gui...

The efforts of community based organizations, government awareness building campaigns, the teaching-learning process in Literacy campaigns and women's participation as a empowerment in sociopolitical participation group yields result and enables women

The intelligence and the abilities of the youth today is misused in various undesirable activities. The voluntary bodies can train the students to involve themselves in the function of the village’s development which ultimately results in the development of Nation. There may be some apprehensions with regard to the role of NGOs in bringing the univ...

Mass media is also playing a significant role in informing the public about the government policies and in reporting the reflections of the people on various aspects of the society. It is also being used as a tool to build the public opinion on important issues. The media plays a prominent role in equipping the people with latest trends in various...

Education has been recognized as an essential impetus for social change and development in case of the individual and society.. The linkage between adoption of family planning and literacy are known to be stronger. Knowledge on nutrition, childcare and health could be communicated better to literate. Women constitute a significant section of the In...

Findings of the study shows that the functioning of the continuing education committees is not up to mark and requires an orientation for the members to discharge their roles effectively

There is a need to orient the committee members, preraks so as to enable them to do their jobs efficiently and to provide opportunities for the adults to enter in to the main stream of the life.

The community of the university has to fulfill the needs in different ways. The university has to employ a process to fulfill these needs of the community and also the Non-Government Organization act as a bridge between the community and the university. Here it is necessary to say that the university has the characteristics of creating awareness am...

In the area of family and health welfare, the literate community is to be made aware of relationship between health and socio-economic development and their rights and responsibilities for health and productive living.

This paper identifies factors responsible for people remaining illiterates and causes for dropout among female groups and suggests strategies for achieving better results which has lowest female literacy rate in a district and in India

In rural India, a women’s role has been even more significant by virtue of the fact that she is almost invariably bound to and confined within the four walls of her home. In present society, discrimination against women in general is reaching its peak couple with prejudice, ignorance and relegates her to the position of an inferior being, an object...

Literacy is a process which dispels and promotes rational thinking and moulds human beings into becoming responsible citizens. The absence of literacy directly and indirectly retards the development of individuals, society, community and the country. For the success of any program, people should be motivated by providing necessary congenial environ...

All the Universities and colleges should develop relationship of mutual services and support with local communities as envisaged by UGC. The need of extension services and structural frame work of community colleges were discussed

The volunteers of Akshara Bharathi are facing some personal, organizational and functional program mes in organising literay centres. The ineffective monitoring system, dis-interest and per-occupation of learners, center location, non-cooperation of villagers, apathy of political leaders, absence of motivational programmes and inadequate training a...

Inclusive education is an educational setting in which children with disabilities receive education along with normal children in the regular classroom with provision of extra help.

. CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMME PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES The National Literacy Mission (NLM) was launched on 5th May, 1988 and initiated by Rajiv Gandhi as a part of five Technology Missions to impart functional literacy to 100 million non-literate persons in the age group of 15-35 in a time bound manner. . Continuing Education includes post lit...