International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Sunita ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, Singhania University, Singhania, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

The present study is for conducted to evaluate critically a Government project named Sabla: Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of the Adolescent Girls. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, in the year 2000, came up with a scheme called Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY), which was implemented using the infrastructure of the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS). The objective of this scheme was to improve the nutrition and health status of girls in the age‐group of 11 to 18 years, to equip them to improve and upgrade their home‐based and vocational skills, and to promote their overall development, including awareness about their health, personal hygiene, nutrition and family welfare and management. Thereafter, the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) was initiated as a pilot project in the year 2002-03 in 51 identified districts across the country to address the problem of under‐nutrition among AGs(Adolescent Girls).This evaluation is being done to review the performance of the programme and to evaluate weather this project has being able to achieve the target, it was meant for.

Keywords

Girls Empowerment, Rajive Gandhi Scheme

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Sunita ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, Singhania University, Singhania, IN

Abstract

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an effort to universalize elementary education by community-ownership of the school system. It is a response to the demand for quality basic education all over the country. The SSA program is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities to all children, through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode. This paper is an attempt to appraise the viability of the project in different states. Though, this project has got huge success initially but thereafter it gradually lost its color.

Keywords

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Parental Education

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Sunita ¹, Sheela Sangwan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of HDFS, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Elderly people may suffer from the multiple health disorders due to the vulnerability for many physical and mental disturbances. Quality of life in elderly population can be affected by many environmental factors. The aim of this study was assess the quality of life and influence of gender on quality of life of senior citizens in Hisar district of Haryana state. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 400 senior citizens (male=200; female=200) with age > 60 years. The participants surveyed in this study were of senior citizens who were living in the rural and urban community. Quality of life of senior citizens was accessed by QOL scale developed by World Health Organization (1996). Independent t-test was used to compare differences and chi-square between the total score of quality of life and influential factors. Result regarding all domain of quality of life were found non-significant differences for physical domain, psychological domain, level of independence domain, social relationship domain, environment domain, spirituality domain and overall quality of life (Z=0.08), (Z=0.30), (Z=0.66), (Z= 0.20), (Z= 1.44), (Z=l .70) and (Z=0.46) respectively. Result indicated regarding influence of gender on quality of life of senior citizens that all the domains of quality of life were not significantly associated with male and female senior citizen.

Keywords

Elderly, Quality of Life, Gender, Domain.

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