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Unchanged Indian education system has blocked student"s interest in active learning in the classroom. All the time and all the ways students are demotivated, distracted and pressurized. Teaching in the class room made the teachers get limited for completion of the portion and also the modern educational institutions are wordless in beyond classroom teaching. Corporal punishments, exams and home works are only become the methods to measure the children. It made all the way children feel helpless, hopeless and worthless. In the classroom students are only expected to be silent and pay attention towards continues sessions. The other hand teachers have no way to pay little time to make children get motivated and active. However unless we create a positive and motivational environment in the classroom no use whatever we teach, only we can complete the portion not inculcating values of concept we teach. The main aim of this study is to implement the cap concept which creates attention of the students towards positive change in their behaviour, concentration in the class, developed confidence, motivated towards social involvement and many more. Cap concept is nothing but awarding an attractive cap to a student in the classroom for the appreciation of a small positive work that he or she has done. The student awarded cap will wear it and sit in the particular session. It influences the student to feel proud by the identity and claps given by the classmates. The particular student will also will start liking and accepting the particular teacher and their guidance. The activity is conducted for 50 high school students; 25 girls and 25 boys. Interview schedule, primary and secondary methods are used and the study is descriptive in nature.

Soliga, also spelled Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India. Its members inhabit the Biligiriranga Hills and associated ranges in southern Karnataka, mostly in the Chamarajanagar and Erode districts of Tamil Nadu. Many are also concentrated in and around the B.R. Hills in Yelandur and Kollegal Taluks of Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka. The Soliga speak Sholaga, which belongs to the Dravidian family. A scheduled tribe, they have a population of around 20,000 individuals. The soliga people of the biligirirangana betta (BR Hills) have captured the imagination of early travellers . Their first mention in written history dates back to the early nineteenth century expenditions to the region sidde gowda, asokliga elder from bedaguli podu, nestled among the moist deciduous forests in the northern parts of BR Hills, recollects an old tale, almost a legend now among the soliga people, the tale of a god-like man wearing bili batte (white clothes; could indicate mordent clothing) who came on a horse followed by several people. Perhaps, this is the only remaining memory among the soliga people of a journey undertaken by a Scottish doctor around 200 years ago. Francis Buchanan left us a journal of his notice from passage through BR Hills in October 1800, perhaps the first ever written record (in English) of the soliga people. Soligas grow ragi and collect and sell nontimber forest produce such as honey and amla for their livelihoods.

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The Banjara community people from the north-western belt of India. Now they have spread out all over India. According to J. J. Roy Burman; the name Laman was popular long before the name Banjara, and Laman Banjaras originally came from Afghanistan before settling in Rajasthan and other parts of India. They are originally from the independent province called Goa in Afghanistan. . Banjaras were traditionally suppliers of bullock and salt merchants. Colourful is the one word that comes to mind when we think of this enthusiastic tribe of India. They live in settlements called Tandas. Urdu, Telegu, Kutni and Lambadi are amongst the popular languages spoken here. Ugadi is the most famous festivals celebrated by Banjara tribes of India. Festivals like Holi and Diwali are also indulged in with added interest. Banjaras speak Gor Boli; also called Lambadi, it belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of languages. Most Banjaras today are bilingual or multilingual adopting the predominant language of their surroundings. Socio-economic profile is an important indicator to characterize the social life and behavior of an individual. The traditional Indian value system has placed heavy emphasis on prestige with old age. The elderly were the centers of authority and the most respected members of the family. These days, due to change in the family structure, the elderly are not given adequate care and attention by their family members. Old age usually brings with it diminished participation in productive and economically gainful work. Moreover, not only resources of the elderly, but their need - patterns also undergo change. Many of the problems confronting the elderly can be traced to the loss of income which is due to total or partial withdrawal from occupation and the loss of social status enjoyed while in occupation. The aim of the study is to determine the socio-economic status of the Banjara tribes and to know the factors responsible for changes which are taking place among the Lambani Community. The study is also aims to understand the cultural and educational condition in the same. 50 samples are taken; 25 male respondents and 25 females for the study. Interview schedule is used. Both the primary and secondary methods are used and the study is descriptive in nature.

Background: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder that often tends to run a chronic course. The lifetime prevalence of OCD is around 1-3%, which is twice as prevalent as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Aim: To asses the family burden, quality of life (QoL) and disability in patients suffering from at least moderately ill OCD and then to compare them with schizophrenia patients of comparable severity. Settings and Design: We recruited 70 consecutive subjects (OCD=35, schizophrenia=35) who met study criteria between March 2005 and March 2006 from the psychiatric services of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India. Materials and Methods: The severity of illness was rated using the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S). Instruments used in the current study were the Family Burden Schedule, the World Health Organization (WHO) QoL (Bref) and the WHO - Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS). Statistical Analysis: The Fisher′s exact test/chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables and the independent sample t test was used to analyze continuous variables. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to compare the groups after controlling for potential confounding variables. Pearson′s correlation was used for correlation analysis. Results: Overall family burden, financial burden and disruption of family routines were significantly higher in schizophrenia patients compared to OCD although the groups did not differ with respect to other domains of family burden. On the WHO QoL, OCD patients were comparable to schizophrenia patients with respect to the psychological and social domains. On the WHO - DAS, both the groups were similar in all the domains except getting around. Conclusion: Severe OCD is associated with significant disability, poor QoL and high family burden, often comparable to schizophrenia. Therefore, there is an urgent need to increase the sensitivity among healthcare professionals to recognize and treat OCD.

Consequent to the ICD-10, schizophrenic patients with illness duration of less than one month will now be diagnosed as acute and transient psychosis. On the basis of the hospital records of 891 first admission patients, the acute schizophrenic patients (n=253) were compared on demographic and clinical characteristics with the rest of the patients (n = 548) under 295 of the ICD-9 diagnosis. Logistic discriminant function analysis on 21 variables achieved 88% overall correct classification rate, 86% for short duration group and 89% for long duration group. Vie significance of the results is discussed.