Search the World's Largest Database of Information Science & Technology Terms & Definitions
InfInfoScipedia LogoScipedia
A Free Service of IGI Global Publishing House
Below please find a list of definitions for the term that
you selected from multiple scholarly research resources.

What is Poverty Line Index

Handbook of Research on Science Education and University Outreach as a Tool for Regional Development
It consists of several criteria defining poverty of which the existence of each criteria is identified in every case and the extent of each of these criteria calculated by means of weightages fixed earlier to the criteria based on studies. The aggregate of the values of each criteria give the rating for that case on the index which determines whether poverty is high or low.
Published in Chapter:
Social Science Education and Outreach as a Tool for Regional Development and Institutional Building: A Case Study in India
Elizabeth Mathew (Loyola College of Social Sciences, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1880-8.ch009
Abstract
The purpose of this Chapter is to delineate how Outreach of Social Science Education can become meaningful for Institution building as well as for society. The case of how an aided college in India run by private management facing the perils of post liberalization adjustments in governance and funding for higher education is able to create social relevance in its existence. The main factors that make outreach possible is the values of social commitment among the faculty and students. It shows that formative attitudes for such outreach, its implementation and monitoring through specified pedagogical perspectives, play a major role in bringing out effective development in the region causing institution building. The challenges and constraints embedded in its growth were no impediments to the institution being accredited as the best in the category for Arts and Science Colleges in India.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
eContent Pro Discount Banner
InfoSci OnDemandECP Editorial ServicesAGOSR