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PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ OPINIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BAG LESS DAYS DURING SCHOOL INTERNSHIP

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 emphasizes experiential learning through innovative practices such as ‘Bag less Days’ during middle school education. This initiative encourages joyful, skill-based, and hands-on activities beyond routine classroom teaching. This study explore the current situation of beg less days in the schools. Understanding prospective teachers’ of Indian Institute of Teacher Education from B.Sc. B.Ed. and B.A. B.Ed. program’s opinions on this practice during their school internship is essential to evaluate its effectiveness and future implementation.

ANCIENT INDIAN RASASHASTRA PRACTICES AS PRECURSORS TO CONTEMPORARY HEAVY METAL REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES

Heavy metal like mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and cadmium (Cd) pose serious health and environmental risks, and modern remediation techniques like chemical precipitation, adsorption, electrochemical treatment, and bioremediation have limitations like high costs, secondary pollution, and efficiency constraints.