VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Jnana Sangama, Machhe, Belagavi-590018

A
AICTE
Report
On
“Spreading Public Awareness Under Rural Outreach Program”

Submitted in partial fulfillment required for award of the Graduation Degree

Bachelor of Engineering
In
Computer Science and Engineering

Submitted by

Manavpreet Singh 1HK18CS078

Under the guidance of

Prof. Smitha Kurian

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

2021 - 2022

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

HKBK COLLEGE of ENGINEERING
(Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to VTU)
22/1, Nagawara, Arabic College Post, Bangalore-45, Karnataka
Email: info@hkbk.edu.in URL: www.hkbk.edu.in
 HKBK COLLEGE of ENGINEERING
N a g a w a r a, B a n g a l o r e – 560 045
Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to
VTU

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Certificate
Certified that the AICTE Activity Points entitled “SPREADING PUBLIC
AWARENESS UNDER RURAL OUTREACH PROGRAM”, carried out by Nancy
Mary R (1HK18CS104) is a bonafide student of HKBK COLLEGE of
ENGINEERING, in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
Computer Science and Engineering of the Visvesvaraya Technological University,
Belagavi, during the year 2021–2022. It is certified that all corrections/suggestions
indicated for AICTE Activity Points have been incorporated in the report deposited in
the departmental library.

Prof. Smitha Kurian Dr. Loganathan R Dr. Tabassum Ara

Guide HOD Principal
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my regards and acknowledgement to all who helped me in

completing this Aicte Activity successfully.

First of all, I would take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to the
personalities of HKBK College of Engineering, Mr. C M Ibrahim, Chairman, HKBKGI
and Mr. Faiz Mohammed, Director, HKBKGI for providing facilities throughout the
course.

I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Tabassum Ara, Principal, HKBKCE for her support
and which inspired us towards the attainment of knowledge.

I consider it as great privilege to convey my sincere regards to Dr. Loganathan. R.,

Professor and HOD, Department of CSE, HKBKCE for his constant encouragement
throughout the course of the Aicte Activity.

I would specially like to thank our guide, Prof. Smitha Kurian, Assistant Professor,
Department of CSE for her vigilant supervision and her constant encouragement. She
spent her precious time in reviewing Aicte Activity and provided many insightful
comments and constructive criticism.

Finally, I thank Almighty, all the staff members of CSE Department, our family members
and friends for their constant support and encouragement in carrying out the Aicte Activity.

1HK18CS078 Manavpreet Singh

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 ABSTRACT

COVID‐19, which was initiated regionally at Wuhan of China, has become a global pandemic by
infecting people of almost all the world. Human civilizations are facing threat for their survival and
livelihood. No country is getting any substantial relief and solution from this pandemic rather to
convince their citizens to make aware and taking precaution by changing their living style. COVID-19
pandemic is harming health, social and material well-being of children worldwide, with the poorest
children, including homeless children and children in detention, hit hardest. School closures, social
distancing and confinement increase the risk of poor nutrition among children, their exposure to
domestic violence, increase their anxiety and stress, and reduce access to vital family and care services.
Widespread digitalisation mitigates the education loss caused by school-closures, but the poorest
children are least likely to live in good home-learning environments with internet connection. In view
of this, we attempted to assess the awareness, threat, symptoms and its prevention among children about
the COVID‐19. Understanding the importance of social distancing and other preventive measures
prescribed by the government with good attitude for coronavirus is mandatory. People are following
trusted sources for corona information, having confidence to defeat disease but showed their concern
for corona threat, are aware about the virus, its common symptoms and prevention, govt. testing and
medical facilities. Principal component analysis was used to identify the latent dimensions regarding
people's preventive measures and was found that they are majorly adopting three methods, that is,
lockdown, naturopathy and social distancing. This will help government and peoples to understand and
handle this coronavirus pandemic effectively and in prevention of COVID‐19, which is crucial for the
awareness of society in coming time.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I

ABSTRACT II
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 2: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 3

CHAPTER 3: CONCLUSION 7
CHAPTER 4: CSE DEPARTMENT MISSION AND VISION 9
CHAPTER 5: PROGRAM OUTCOMES 11
CHAPTER 6: CSE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES 13
CHAPTER 7 : CERTIFICATE 15

III
 CHAPTER -1
INTRODUCTION
 Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

. While not a category at risk from a medical viewpoint, children are significantly impacted by
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This brief aims to capture some key issues and propose early
steps that governments can take to mitigate negative consequences for children, especially the
most vulnerable. The short-term policy focus has to be on reducing risks of physical and
psychological harm, and ensuring access to good food and nutrition, the provision of immediate
care and protection to children in need, and keeping the education loss for many poorer children
to an absolute minimum. The concentration of disadvantage often involves poverty, poor housing
and a lack of access to necessary services which already shape individual outcomes In addition
COVID-19 may present serious challenges for inclusive growth as the poorest children are likely
to be hardest hit and their heir life chances severely limited, unless immediate and comprehensive
measures are taken .

From a purely medical perspective, early evidence suggests that children are not the most
affected by COVID-19. When exposed to the coronavirus, children can become infected and
develop symptoms of COVID-19, but these symptoms usually are mild in nature Nevertheless,
children do not stand on equal footing when it comes to coping with the economic and social
effects of COVID-19. Among the factors are the growing inequality in parents’ resources and
the quality of children’s home environments, which creates a persistent gap in opportunities
between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

As the COVID-19 crisis spreads around the world, it is transforming children’s day-to-day lives.
The pandemic and the associated policy responses of confinement and social distancing touch
on almost every part of children’s worlds. COVID-19 directly affects formal care arrangements,
education and leisure services offered by early childhood services, schools and other
organisations are interrupted. To date, 188 countries have imposed countrywide school closures,
affecting more than 1.5 billion children and youth .COVID-19 exacerbates the risks of poor
nutrition, experiencing maltreatment, and being exposed to violence at home. Recognising that
the impacts of these measures will hit some groups of children harder than others is critical.

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These groups of vulnerable children include children living in poverty, children with disabilities,
children in out-home care, children in detention, and also refugee children and children at risk
of child labour. Furthermore, the pandemic has the potential to create new vulnerable children
and countries must prepare to respond to growing needs for support.
The COVID-19 crisis is evolving in the context of widespread digitalisation. The majority of
children, at least in OECD countries, are spending a significant chunk of their time online.
Therefore, the availability of digital tools may mitigate some of the effects of the crisis: digital
devices and internet access provide valuable resources for children, parents, authorities and
caregivers to continue schooling and teaching. Digital tools also provide recreational activities
as well as psychological and social support from outside. They facilitate social interactions
among children and contribute to their digital savviness more generally. However, the greater
use of digital tools has its downsides – the quality of home-schooling and social contacts may be
lower than through school or contacts in person. Increased digitalisation can also magnify risks
such as sexual exploitation and cyber-bullying, if internet use is increasingly unsupervised.
Moreover, increased digitalisation is likely to widen inequalities between children, as the poorest
children are least likely to have a quiet place in their home to concentrate on their studies and/
or have the tools to access on-line education. The effect of this “education gap” may belong-
lasting. If appropriate action is not taken, the legacy of COVID-19’s will be an even wider gap
between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

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 CHAPTER -2
PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION
 Chapter 2
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

The implementation of the project was based on few presentations and demonstrations. We made a set
of ppt’s and collected few videos which enlightened the children and bought awareness to them about
what’s happening outside and how to handle the situation and take the best care of themselves.
We gave a brief description about covid and its causes and made them aware about how to be
precautious. We also had a casual group discussion in which we spoke a lot about it and took the
feedbacks about their opinion on this.

The precautious methods were

• Maintain a safe distance from others (at least 1 metre), even if they don’t appear to be sick.
• Wear a mask in public, especially indoors or when physical distancing is not possible.
• Choose open, well-ventilated spaces over closed ones. Open a window if indoors.
• Clean your hands often. Use soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand rub.
• Get vaccinated when it’s your turn. Follow local guidance about vaccination.
• Cover your nose and mouth with your bent elbow or a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
• Stay home if you feel unwell.

We also educated them about the recent technologies which were developed to track and monitor the
covid cases in and around the world. We ensured that they were aware about the need and importance
of getting vaccinated.

Major prevention methods recommended by the WHO include; regularly and thoroughly clean hands
with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water, maintaining social/physical
distancing, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth, and different protection measures based on the
situations.

Most common symptoms:

fever
cough
tiredness
loss of taste

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CHAPTER - 3
Conclusion
 CHAPTER 3
Conclusion

People nowadays are not cautious and negligent .Negligence of people will increase risk of coronavirus.
Lack of awareness can result in serious outcomes in relation to COVID-19. Effective awareness
campaigns including relevant information from reliable sources can improve the knowledge of people,
and they must be effective in developing positive attitudes among the public toward adopting preventive
measures.

Through this activity ,I was able to understand how important it is to create awareness and to educate
the people about COVID 19 . Participation of the public is an important and most effective approach for
controlling the spread of novel coronavirus. However, considering its novel nature, it is important to
create awareness among the public to be able to take timely preventive measures. On the contrary,
misinformation and myths from online communities result in severe damages in mitigation of this novel
disease.

Together, we can slow the spread of COVID-19 by making a conscious effort to keep a physical
distance between each other. Physical (social) distance is proven to be one of the most effective ways
to reduce the spread of illness during an outbreak.

Through this activity we’ve helped to create something good for the Environment and us.
This initiative as helped me care better for the environment and also Taught me how to handle myself
in this pandemic situation .

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 CHAPTER - 4
MISSION AND VISION
 MISSION AND VISION

VISION

To impart education leading to become highly competent professional in Computer Science

Engineering who will excel in meeting the challenges to serve the society.

MISSION

To transform the students into motivated and knowledgeable world citizens througheffective
Teaching learning process in the field of Computer Science Engineering.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES
 PROGRAM OUTCOMES(PO)

• An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in Computer

Science Engineering.

• An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyse and Interpret data
related to chosen field.

• An ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs Within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, Health and safety,
manufacturability and sustainability.

• An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.

• An ability to identify, formulate and solve (complex) engineering problems in Chosen field.

• An understand ability of professional and ethical responsibility.

• An ability to communicate effectively.

• The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering Solution in global,
economic, environmental and societal context.

• Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in-long learning with Chosen field of
interest.

• An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary For Computer
Science Engineering practice.

• An ability to understand and apply knowledge of advanced mathematics, Including linear

algebra and complex variables in solving Engineering problems

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 CHAPTER - 6
PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
 PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

PSO-1

Develop proficiency as computer scientists with an ability to solve a wide range of

computational problems in industry, government, or other work environments.

PSO-2

Attain the ability to adapt quickly to new environments and technologies, assimilatenew
information, and work in multi-disciplinary areas with a strong focus on innovation and
entrepreneurship.

PSO-3

Possess the ability to think logically and the capacity to understand technical problems with
computational systems.

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CHAPTER - 7
CERTIFICATE
 CERTIFICATE

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