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Dr. Akkas Ali) Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:55:43 +0000 OJS 3.3.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 EFFECT OF HAPPINESS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN SOUTH KOREA http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/338 <p>While academic success is undoubtedly the most important criterion for evaluating an educational structure, consideration should also be given to those aspects that can contribute to the structure's objectives. As a result, the emphasis should be on understanding the foundations upon which the best academic success can be attained. This means that factors that promote students' mental and emotional well-being are crucial to their academic success. Hence, the main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of happiness on the academic performance of international students in South Korea. Three happiness variables were retained: social relationships, educational environments, and financial support. A descriptive survey research design was adopted as the research design. The data used was collected through questionnaires from 281 international students in South Korea using a purposive sampling technique. Data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis, and Multiple Linear regression analysis was done with the help of coefficients, R<sup>2</sup>, adjusted R<sup>2</sup>, and P-values as validation techniques in SPSS. The findings conclude that social relationships and educational environments significantly affect academic performance, while financial support is insignificant. The study therefore recommended that the school administration focus more on enhancing social relationships and creating safe and welcoming environments for all, since they were found to positively influence the performance of foreign students.</p> Choke Elizabeth Kongo, Park Seung Woo, Chung Yong-Kyo Copyright (c) 2024 choke Elizabeth Kongo, Park Seung Woo, Chung Yong-Kyo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/338 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 LEGAL AID FOR POOR AND INDIGENT LITIGANT IN BANGLADESH http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/341 <p><em>Legal aid is a widely accepted system for poor and indigent litigant with intends to ensure natural justice in Bangladesh. Our poor litigant people cannot meet the expenses of the high fees of lawyers so that to give them legal aid there are governmental and nongovernmental organization. In Bangladesh, the law is often discriminatory and complex in the procedure for poor and indigent person. The poor and indigent person faces problem of inadequate and unequal access in justice and trial system. For this reason, Legal aid plays an important role for the development of justice system of Bangladesh, to ensure fundamental rights, equality before law and the equal protection of laws. However, the current Legal aid system of Bangladesh is facing some critical technical and policy related predicaments while extending their services to the poor and destitute local as well as indigent people. Thus, the present paper has penned to highlight all the exiting shortcomings of the Legal aid services in Bangladesh, analyses critically the legal and technical barriers of the service and propose a policy recommendation of how to overcome these problems in Bangladesh</em></p> Kazi Sonia Tasnim, Kaniz Tania Bint-E-Basar Copyright (c) 2024 Kazi Sonia Tasnim, Kaniz Tania Bint-E-Basar Tania http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/341 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 INTERROGATING THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PARADIGM: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/348 <p>Community participation in governance processes has been viewed as enhancing a democratic culture within concerned communities by making participants part of the problem-solving mechanism. Proponents of community participation espouse divergent views but concur that positive attributes are realised. In South Africa the post-1994 democratic dispensation has created an enabling environment for community participation at different levels of government. This has been necessitated in part to the participatory approach the communities undertook to dislodge the apartheid regime. In South Africa, through appropriate constitutional provisions, communities have been empowered to have a stake in the running of their own affairs through elected councillors and municipal officials. With community participation, people have felt to be part of a solution to problems in their communities and this has helped to eliminate poverty through the engagement of private sector to provide services which cannot be efficiently delivered by government. Lack of interest in municipal affairs has also resulted in non-participation by some communities.</p> Jephias Mapuva Copyright (c) 2024 Prof. Dr. Jephias Mapuva http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/348 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ILLEGAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES: BANGLADESH’S COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/347 <p>Bangladesh is one of the world's most environmentally vulnerable countries. As a result, a diverse array of environmental crimes and harms can be identified in Bangladesh. Wildlife trafficking has grown significantly in Bangladesh during the last few years. The impacts of illegal trade on the environment can be wide-ranging. Despite the fact that wildlife trafficking is a significant and geographically widespread problem in Bangladesh, it may not be given much priority or not seen as an urgent or important issue, or even if acknowledged, it may not be taken into consideration. In Bangladesh, the government also takes initiatives to meet the challenges towards the protection of wildlife. Additionally, Bangladesh's national legislation and the role of law enforcement agencies in combating wildlife trafficking are insufficient to prevent this crime. In particular, this proposed thesis aims to addresses the challenges for combatting this crime and the adverse effects of the trade and trafficking on the environment. This research focuses on the relevant laws prevailing in Bangladesh in case of the protection of wildlife and how effective they are. The study is qualitative in its nature, and the study is based on various kinds of primary and secondary sources of data. This paper recommended as where the Act should be amended, protection of wildlife and controlling wildlife trafficking has been highlighted based on the research findings. Finally, emphasis has been made for the immediate requirements of Act to ensure complete protection of wildlife in Bangladesh.</p> Sinthia Siddique Pritha Copyright (c) 2024 Sinthia Siddique Pritha http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 http://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/347 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000