Literacy Challenges in Rural China

This article discusses the obstacles encountered in the process of literacy in rural China. Although China's overall literacy rate is high, there is a huge literacy rate gap between urban and rural areas. On this basis, this article explores the factors affecting the literacy rate in rural China, and concludes that the main factors are financial status, gender differences, health challenges, and policy interventions.

DIMENSIONS OF URBANIZATION AND POPULATION TRENDS IN NAGAUR CITY

This paper attempts to analyse the trends of urbanization based on three-decade census data during 1991, 2001, and 2011 in Nagaur city. Various dimensions of urbanization have been studied through charts and diagrams. For this purpose, the urban parameters such as the growth rate of the urban population, gender dynamics, literacy rate, density, work, and economic structure of the Nagaur city have been examined. Results show that in these last three decades the urban structure of Nagaur city has been changed due to rapid industrialization and rural to urban migration. Urbanization in Nagaur has been relatively slow compared to many developing megacities. As per data released by Govt. of India, Nagaur is an Urban Agglomeration coming under the category of Class I UAs/Towns. According to trends, Nagaur is at the acceleration stage of the process of urbanization. Rapid urbanization raises many issues that might have both positive and negative impacts on the environment. In this situation, monitoring urbanization is vital for planners, management, government, and non-government organizations for implementing policies to optimize the use of natural resources and accommodate development at the same time minimizing the impact on the environment.

Examining country development indicators and e-waste under the moderating effect of country development levels and e-waste policy

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate if country development indicators, i.e. gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC), literacy rate, internet penetration and urban population, influence the generation of e-waste on a global level. The moderation effect due to differences between countries in terms of absence or presence of e-waste policy and level of development is also checked.Design/methodology/approachThis is an archival study that builds upon data from United Nations (UN), World Bank and Global E-waste Statistics Partnership. The authors did a path analysis comprising mediation and multigroup analyses to decipher the proposed rese arch model containing data from 172 countries.FindingsThe results indicate that GDPPC, literacy rate, internet penetration and urban population do not directly influence the generation of e-waste. However, higher internet penetration in developing countries leads to higher e-waste, while higher literacy rates in developed countries suppress e-waste generation. When it comes to e-waste policy, a higher urban population without a regulatory legal framework boosts higher e-waste. The authors observed that higher internet penetration leads to higher e-waste in the presence of e-waste policy as well.Originality/valueThis is the first study to include economic well-being indicators in elaborating e-waste generation, on a global scale. No previous study has observed differences between countries nested in e-waste policy and level of development.

Potensi Teknologi dan Media Sosial Dalam Meningkatkan Pemasaran Produk Asuransi Syariah

As the largest Muslim country, the country occupied by 236,53 The population is Muslim, if this is used and used as an opportunity for sharia insurance to develop rapidly in this country. Indonesia should have the potential to become the largest Muslim country where most of the Muslim population uses sharia products, especially sharia insurance. In fact, the current fact is that not many Indonesian Muslims use banking and non-banking products on the basis of sharia principles. AAJI's data report, if users of insurance products in Indonesia still reach 7.5%, and only 5% of them are users of sharia insurance. The lack of awareness of knowledge and the lack of strong exposure to sharia insurance products are indicators of the reason why there is still a small level of customer participation using sharia insurance. This reason is further strengthened when viewed from the literacy rate for sharia insurance in Indonesia which has only reached a nominal figure of 19,4%. For this reason, considering the widespread use of social media in Indonesia, which is dominated by the current millennial and generation Z, the marketing strategy of sharia insurance is now starting to move by utilizing the digitalization of marketing media. This study is intended to find out the potential influence of technology and social media in helping to increase sales of sharia insurance products in terms of marketing aspects. Observational analysis of previous research and of sharia insurance companies that carried out this marketing strategy, obtained the findings that social media marketing and the compliance of several insurance products that apply sharia principles in it, are significantly able to increase people's purchasing power or contribute significantly. Indirectly persuade social media users to determine their decision to buy sharia insurance products. Key words : Sharia insurance marketing, Social media, Technology.

Grouping of Districts Based on Poverty Factors in Papua Province Uses The K-Medoids Algorithm

Poverty is an essential issue for every country, including Indonesia. Poverty can be caused by the scarcity of basic necessities or the difficulty of accessing education and employment. In 2019 Papua Province became the province with the highest poverty percentage at 27.53%. Seeing this, the district groupings formed in describing poverty conditions in Papua Province are based on similar characteristics using the variables Percentage of Poor Population, Gross Regional Domestic Product, Open Unemployment Rate, Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and Population Working in the Agricultural Sector using K-medoids clustering algorithm. The results of this study indicate that the optimal number of clusters to describe poverty conditions in Papua Province is 4 clusters with a variance of 0.012, where the first cluster consists of 10 districts, the second cluster consists of 5 districts, the third cluster consists of 12 districts, and the fourth cluster consists of 2 districts.

Telemedicine during COVID-19: India embracing the change

Telemedicine has been around for decades but it has taken foreground in health services recently. When COVID-19 cases started to be reported in the country it brought with itself panic and chaos. At all India level, the adult literacy rate is 77.7%, this could also be linked to unawareness related to the disease in rural areas. The sudden countrywide lockdown imposed was of no help and further worsened the situation for economically weaker section of the society. During the struggle of our nation to overcome the COVID-19 Telemedicine has indeed played a vital role. People in fear of contacting the disease and due to nationwide lockdown were unable to reach their health care provider. People with pre-existing conditions that needs regular monitoring, pregnancy related queries, queries on new symptoms, psychological counselling and many more could not wait for the COVID-19 to be over before they get any help on the issues.­­ Telemedicine shall continue developing and be used in a multitude of settings by more health-care doctors and patients, and these standards of practice will be a crucial driver within this evolution.

COVID -19 VACCINATION COVERAGE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

The Covid 19 Pandemic is the most tough situation to humanity in a century. It was widely believed that pre-pandemic life will never return until a safe and effective vaccine strategy become available. But now Covid-19 vaccination is offering a way to escape out of this tough phase of this pandemic. Vaccination drive against Covid 19 has been going on across the world. In India it began th th st nd on 16 January 2021. In India till 30 September 2021 1 doses are 64.64 crores with 46 % coverage and 2 doses are 23.7 crores with 17 % total th st nd population coverage. In Himachal Pradesh till 30 September 2021 ( in 9 months) 1 and 2 doses are 5.66 millions and 2.7 millions with 72% st and 32 % population coverage with District Solan is on the top in 1 dose coverage of Covid 19 vaccine with 98.18% followed by Lahol and Spiti (84.05%) , Kinnaur (77.98%), Una (72.75%), Bilaspur(72.11%), Hamirpur (71.67%), Shimla (69.43%), Kullu (69.04%), Kangra (67.97%), nd Sirmour (67.83%), Mandi (66.67%) and Chamba is in last (59.76%). In 2 dose coverage Kinnaur is on the top with 54% coverage followed by Lahol and spiti (47%) it might be because in both districts population is less than other districts. Chamba (23%) and Sirmour (22 %) are in the last nd position in vaccination coverage of 2 dose it might be because population is more as well as area is hilly, difcult to reach and literacy rate is also low in these districts.

Re-Emphasizing the Roles of General Medical and Dental Practitioners Regarding Oral Cancer Eradication in Nigeria

The burden of oral cancer in Nigeria is largely under-reported. The available data on oral cancer etiology/risk factors, clinical features, disease burden, and literacy rate in Nigeria points towards a possible explosion in prevalence in the near future, which poses a serious public health concern. The general medical and dental practitioners (GMDPs) in Nigeria can salvage this looming problem through appropriate public health and clinical interventions. This narrative review article re-emphasizes the key roles of GMDPs towards oral cancer eradication in Nigeria. It also discusses oral cancer case definition, etiology, risk factors, and the epidemiological burden in the Nigerian context.

Pre-Colonial Religious Institutions and Development: Evidence Through a Military Coup

This paper offers a novel illustration of the political economy of religion by examining the impact of religious elites on development. We compile a unique database on holy Muslim shrines across Pakistani Punjab and construct a historical panel of literacy spanning over a century (1901-2011). Using the 1977 military take-over as a universal shock that gave control over public goods to politicians, our difference-in-differences analysis shows that areas with a greater concentration of shrines experienced a substantially retarded growth in literacy after the coup. Our results suggest that the increase in average literacy rate would have been higher by 13% in the post-coup period in the absence of shrine influence. We directly address the selection concern that shrines might be situated in areas predisposed to lower literacy expansion. Finally, we argue that the coup devolved control over public goods to local politicians, and shrine elites, being more averse to education since it undermines their power, suppressed its expansion in shrine-dense areas.

A Mystery of Academic and Industrial Skill Discordance among Business Graduates in Pakistan

The study had explored the cognitive, non-cognitive and vocational skill required by the Pakistani organizations and found that there are various dimension that employer are interested among their potential employee. It was observed that Non cognitive are the more deficient one among the focused and as per gender is concerned their little response as per all skills however on Non-cognitive skills a bet more maturity exist among female candidates whereas the confidence level and lower literacy rate disturb their response on job market. Curriculum covering the Field specific theoretical and practical knowledge there is rare convergence on field specific practical knowledge. The study reveals a higher attention on industry academia collaboration through developing a high level of university-Industry linkages.