Social Sciences and Humanities

Family planning means the restriction for the child’s conception and prevention through the application of different methods of contraceptives after certain number of children in the family. The small family size has been suggested or recommended by the government health institutions and the population expert of the society. The public health institution have developed and started implementation for promoting small family size by adopting the population policies, programs and different strategic plan of actions.

Mobile telecommunication companies in Nigeria have lackluster attitude and approach towards delivering superior customer service, values and satisfaction but, are rather more interested in maximizing profit. The research was conducted to evaluate the impact of customer loyalty strategies adopted among selected Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) services providers in Nigeria on customer satisfaction.

Child poverty rates are edging up in many countries creating a risk society. It is endangering the fate and future of the child population of the world. This present research paper on “Child Poverty: The Shocking Ins and Outs” aims to shed light on the complex issues of child poverty and its impact on the children during their development period. The paper is the outcome of a micro study in the city of Bhubaneswar. Quantitative, qualitative and participatory methods have been applied to elicit the real information relating to the issue under treatment.

This paper seeks to explore the feministic issues in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Edible Woman. In this novel Atwood deconstructs the traditional gender discourses that intend to limit women’s choice, agency, and subjectivity. The novel is a representative fiction focusing upon the pangs of the women trapped in the web of patriarchy. It traces the traumatic journey of the protagonist, Marian, in search of self-definition. In the male dominated society women are viewed as consumable commodities. They are expected to fit in the roles ascribed by the male hegemony.

This paper focuses on education and economic development in Nigeria. One of the essences of education is to produce human resources that are skillful and knowledgeable; positioning man to be a critical resource upon which national economies, especially that of a developing nation like Nigeria hinge upon. In this paper, an attempt was made to correlate Nigeria’s investment in education since independence and economic development so far attained, analyze the issues and  challenges  of economic development, the current state of education in Nigeria and the way forward.

The purpose of the research work is to highlight ways of improving organisational effectiveness in Nigeria public enterprise. specifically, the study aimed to pursue the following objectives : to determine the effect of organisational culture on organisational effectiveness in  Nigeria public enterprise, to ascertain the nature of relationship between corporate ethic and organisational Effectiveness in Nigeria public enterprise, to determine the effect of strategic management on organisational effectiveness  in Nigeria public enterprise.

The article aims to enrich the development of public relations research approach. The development can be conducted by deconstructing the focus of rhetorical study: from classical rhetoric to contemporary rhetoric. Rhetoric is vital to society to exist because rhetoric is the use of symbols, conducted by individuals and organizations, to influence opinions, understanding, and actions.

The material has an important role in an engineering design field. The suitable material selection for a particular product is one of the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problem depends on an aggregation representing by closeness to the ideal which is generated by compromise methods.  In order to complete the product requirements, experts need to analyze the performance of various and suitable materials with precise operations. In the competitive market, the material selection process is intricate and time consuming effort.

Fifteen years ago, for a product or a service to be eminent and in vogue, it was word of mouth; now it is word of mobile. E-Commerce is a global phenomenon, which brings people closer to the product. It’s expected that as much as 80-90 per cent of the overall e-commerce traffic in India will start flowing through mobile devices.

To target pockets where girls’ education is lagging behind, the Government of India has launched Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV). The objective of KGBV is to ensure access and provide quality education to girls from disadvantaged groups by setting up residential schools at upper primary level. The state of Assam in India was selected for the present study. Multi stage sampling design was adopted for the study. The sampling units at different stages were State, Districts and KGBVs. Primary data collection method was used in the study.