Technology has occupied a prominent position across the globe. It has come in to stay but with its own advantages and disadvantages. For many ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has done more harm than good, particularly amongst the youth. This study investigates the adoption of information and communication technology and its impact on the student’s academic performance. Factors like availability, accessibility and user ability of ICT in students of Bangalore Central University selected affiliated colleges have been checked along with their academic performance. To verify the hypothesis, Pearson correlation analysis method has been used to find out whether students learning have an effect from ICT. The findings revealed that the ICT resources are inadequate to use in these colleges. The number of computer functional units is limited, and so the accessibility to these resources is also restricted. From the study it was mainly understood that only some of the basic concepts and curriculum based programs were only taught to a minimum extent. In depth learning for usage of ICT was not in practice. From the research it was found that availability, accessibility and user ability has significant impact on the students learning.

Education is undeniably a potent tool for facilitating latent knowledge and development of skills. But more importantly, education has come to play a significant part in cultural re-orientation and social engineering. In this era of cultural integration and environment sensitization, education (and even more so environmental education) has come to play a central role in determining individual and group cultures (locally and internationally) and in their modification are they relate to the environment. These are the issues highlighted in this paper which examines the imperatives of environmental education for sustainable development in a constantly degrading environment.

Garbage is a problem faced by almost all countries in the world. Increasing the volume of waste requires good and effective management. In Makassar City, waste management is regulated by the Regional Regulation Number 4 Year 2011 concerning Waste Management, which can be said to be a responsive regional regulation because it has accommodated the involvement of various parties, especially the community and the business world in waste management in Makassar City. The local government of Makassar City determines two types of solid waste or cleaning service policies, namely the Communal Service Policy (Indirect Service Policy) and Individual Service Policy (Direct Service Policy). Effective waste management in Makassar City is measured by the form of services provided by the government and the fulfillment of solid waste facilities and infrastructure in Makassar City. In terms of services, these services are provided every day by the local government of Makassar City through their apparatus. Then regarding the facilities and infrastructure, the Makassar City Government has made efforts to fulfill all facilities and infrastructure, especially related to waste transportation.

In an effort to implement expansion of access to early childhood education, various policies have been issued by the government ranging from the statutory system to matters of a technical operational nature. One of the government policies in the education sector that supports lifelong education is the recognition of Early Childhood Education (PAUD). So far, the management of non-formal PAUD is still less professional, especially for the coaches or teachers, so that teachers who have the competence and certification are urgently needed as teachers of non-formal PAUD. This study aims to reveal the implementation of a child-friendly Child Care Park (TPA). The research method used is qualitative research (Qualitative Research) with a naturalistic phenomenological approach. This is expected to be a solution to gain a deep understanding of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the meaning of phenomena that occur in the field.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped at national borders. It has affected people regardless of nationality, level of education, income or gender. But the same has not been true for its consequences, which have hit the most vulnerable hardest. The paper reviews the (a) existing information on corona virus illness (b) policy responses and (c) its impact on the individuals, economic activities, and atmosphere of India. The pandemic has magnified a way of worry and insecurity among individuals because of probable job and pay loss. Consequently, existence of the many sectors and employability of a large range of staff is at stake. Despite the economic lag, the internment has become a boon for the atmosphere to revive because of less pollution and reduced discharge of effluents to water from factories. The policy formulators ought to think about this as wakeup decision and thereby align the individuals, economy, and atmosphere strategically.