Educator Readiness Evaluation in the Implementation of Curriculum 2013 in Disadvantaged, Frontier, and Outermost Areas

This study aims to describe the readiness of educators in implementing the 2013 curriculum in the 3T area in North Gorontalo District. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The subjects in this study were school principals and educators in the 3T area school. The research result shows four things; first; Academic qualifications of educators in schools in the 3Tl area have not been fully fulfilled according to Law No. 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System Article 42 paragraph (1). Second; The Academic Competence of Educators in the 3T area is not yet fully educated with S1 academic qualifications in accordance with Article 8 of Law Number 14 of 2005. The three certificates of educators have not been fully fulfilled in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 14 of 2005 concerning Educators and Lecturers. The fourth role of educators in realizing the goals of national education principals continues to encourage educators to continue to carry out learning innovations, especially in the implementation of the 2013 curriculum as an effort to improve professionalism as a form of role in realizing the goals of national education.

Association Mapping for Drought Tolerance in Wheat Triticum Aestivum L.

Fluctuating climatic conditions and increasing dearth of water resources are severely affecting crop yields. The present study was conducted to explore the genetic diversity for drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) which can be used in future breeding programs. For this purpose, 200 genotypes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) comprising current cultivars, land races and improved lines were phenotyped over two consecutive seasons (2009-2010 and 2010-2011). Analysis of variance showed significant variation in several morphological and physiological traits including peduncle length (PL), extrusion length (EL), awn length (AL), plant height (PH), leaf rolling (LR), waxiness (WAX), relative water content (RWC), accumulation of proline (Pro), seed size (SZ), grains per spike (gr/sp) and yield/plant (Y) under normal and drought conditions during both years. Using multivariate analysis, two data sets C&S (control and stressed) and C-S/C (relative performance) were prepared to examine plant responses to drought stress. 1st principle component (PC) accounted 24.97% variation for the 1st year and 43.85% variation for the 2nd in C&S dataset. For C-S/C dataset, 18.12% and 15.58% variation was observed in the 1st and 2nd years, respectively. For association mapping, 108 diverse wheat accessions were selected to tag molecular markers for drought tolerance using 25 SSR loci located on chromosome 2A. To eliminate spurious associations, population structure and kinship were taken into account using 30 unlinked markers covering all 21 chromosomes. A total of 11 markers were found associated using MLM (mixed linear model) approach with phenotypic variability ranging from 6.56 to 17.8%. The marker wmc455 was found associated with seed size (r2 7.6%) and plant height (r2 7.3%) under drought conditions. The relative water content was found associated with gwm312 under drought conditions for both years’ data. The marker barc124 showed association with three different traits under different treatments. The study detected novel QTLs for drought adaptive traits and can be used for marker assisted breeding to enhance wheat performance under drought conditions.