Journal of Social Welfare and Management

Social exclusion manifests itself in the persistent lack of an individual’s access to functioning as compared to other members of society and we model it as being in a state of deprivation over time. The Scheduled Castes were excluded from the main stream society, suffered stigma and discrimination, lived in poverty and remained marginalized group. The women among Scheduled castes suffered twin disadvantages, one because of their caste and the other because of their gender.,Its almost 60 years since the Protective Discrimination was provided, and about three generations have reaped the fruits of it. How did it help Scheduled Caste Women? Was there social inclusion of Scheduled Caste women, the hitherto socially excluded? Did the Scheduled Caste Women in Andhra Pradesh benefit from Protective Discrimination as means of social inclusion? The study tries to find answers to these questions.

Key words: Social Exclusion, Deprivation, Equity.

One of the key issues in any migration study relates to what happens to the family members of migrant after his migration. Invariably most of the migrants are males who move alone without taking with them their wives and children. Several reasons ranging from not having a family visa to education of children prevent the male migrants from taking their family members with them. An attempt has been made to study the positive and negative impacts of male migration on their children., This article examines the different hardships and great changes experienced by children of male migrants with respect to their age and gender. When these children are able to have quality education due to their fathers’ migration, findings of this study reveal that the left behind children feel they live in incomplete families and their mothers are overprotective.

Key Words: Migration, Self-Concept, Left-behind, Gender, Age.

There are significant differences among the three regions of Andhra Pradesh in terms of physical, meteorological and socio-economic characteristics. To ensure inter-regionally equitable development, several committees and special Regional Development Boards are constituted to suggest and over see the execution of special schemes for the development of backward regions in the state. However, the regional disparities persist even after five decades of economic planning in Andhra Pradesh., An attempt is made in this paper to analyze the backwardness of Rayalaseema region during 1993-04 – 2001-02. It is also attempted to identify the factors retarding the economic progress of the region and to suggest feasible measures to promote the progress and growth of Rayalaseema region.

Introduction: People differ from one another depending on the way they perceive the world. In fact, our personality affects the way we learn. A significant challenge facing educators today is aligning teaching methodology with personality types of students to increase student satisfaction throughout the learning process. Aims & Objectives: The current study aims at discovering the relationship, if any, between prospective teachers’ MBTI personality types (Introvert/Extrovert, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/ Feeling and Judging/Perceiving) and their academic achievement, taking into consideration, academic streams (Science and Humanities).Materials & Methods: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), form M, was used to identify 500 prospective teachers’ personality types. The percentage of marks obtained in graduation i.e. B.A./B.Sc.-III was taken as the academic achievement. t tests were employed to explore potential significant differences in academic achievement in the course related to differences in personality types or cognitive styles as determined by the MBTI and the interaction between achievement and four bipolar domains of MBTI. Results: The prospective teachers from humanities and science streams did not differ on scores obtained E-I, S-N, T-F and J-P dimensions of MBTI. Intuitors (N) from humanities stream had higher academic achievement as compared to the sensors(S). Intuitors and Judgers from science stream outperformed sensors and perceivers (P). ESTJ type was found to be the dominant one in the prospective teachers’ population followed by ISTJ type.

Key words: Academic achievement; personality types; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; MBTI; prospective teachers.