Abstract: Quality Management is a management philosophy which focuses on the work process and people, with the major concern for satisfying customers and improving the organizational performance. The role of TVET in furnishing skills required to improve productivity, raise income levels and improve access to employment opportunities has been widely recognized. Association of Caribbean tertiary institutions carried out a study on collaborations and recommended that investigations on effect of quality management systems in those institutions are important. The study was undertaken to determine the effects of training and Development and Quality Management on organizational performance in Tertiary Institutions. The study used a survey research design so as to carry out an in depth study of the Tertiary Institutions in order to come up with the relevant data for analysis. The study targeted a population of 180 employees of Nyeri Technical Training Institute. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 54 respondents. The data was collected using questionnaires and an interview schedule. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Chi-square co-efficient was used to establish relationships. Graphs, tables and pie charts were used to present frequencies and percentages. Majority (63%) of the participants disagreed that NTTI frequently organizes training and development sessions. Half (50%) of the respondents in the study disagreed that operations at NTTI are computerized. The study found that training (p=0.00) and information technology (p=0.048) were statistically significant at 95% confidence level. It was concluded that poor organization performance of NTTI was affected by lack of lack of training and development and poor utilization of information technology. The study recommended that management of NTTI should ensure that as much as possible employees are provided with training.

Abstract: Children, the leaders of tomorrow, are usually the hope and aspiration of every society. Hence, the literature which enhances the education especially the writing and readership skills of children need to be explored and encouraged. The paper x-ray child literature and the challenges of its teaching and readership in Nigeria. Also, the relevance children literature to the society in question is brought to light. The paper concludes that children literature education and readership help in developing and shaping the personality of the child in the society.

Abstract: Performance contract is a management tool for measuring freely negotiated performance targets between institutions management and the Government. Performance Contracts have been used in many enterprises in the world. Performance contract was introduced by the Government of Kenya to ensure delivery of quality service to the public as well tertiary institutions also known as TIVET institutions. The purpose of this study was to carryout assessment on the effects of financial resources on the implementation of performance contract in Tertiary institutions in Meru County. The specific objectives of the study were: to determine the effects of financial resources on implementation of performance contract in tertiary institutions in Meru County andto establish the effect of structures on implementation of performance contract in tertiary institutions in Meru County. The study adopted a survey research design and stratified sampling technique was used to draw a sample size of 63 from a population of 76 employees of tertiary institutions in Meru County. Data was collected using a questionnaire and the interviews. Data analysis was done using SPSS software; correlation coefficients were used to determine the nature of the relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables. Chi-square analysis will be done to test significance of variables. The findings were presented in tables and figures. The study of the findings were considered important for gathering information for managerial policy decision making that enabled the managers understand the positive approaches towards performance contracting as a management tool for improving performance in tertiary learning institutions which has continuous benefits to the long-term development. The findings of this study were; financial resources affected implementation of performance contract in tertiary institutions to a very great extent. Also there is a significant relationship between financial resource and implementation of performance contract in tertiary institutions to a very great extent {r(63) = 0. 78, p <0.05}. There is a strong positive relationship between structure of PC and implementation of performance contract {r(63) = 0.63,p <0.05}. Based on the findings the study recommended that the Government should release financial resources in good time to enable the officers implement performance contracting. This will help them to meet their targets in good time and the institutions should continually monitor and evaluate the managers so as to ensure that they follow the correct performance contracting procedures.

Abstract: Media can be regarded as an important arena through which common people get an opportunity to vent their grievances more so in the recent times. Media has also emerged as a realm which very often indulges in the process of creation of ‘power’ as Foucault has hinted in his understanding of ‘micro forms of power’. For Foucault, power is dispersed across various layers and structures and is not be found in any static locus. Power according to Foucault is not possessed by a dominant agent, but it is distributed through complex social networks. Taking Foucault’s understanding in mind one can throw light on the role played by media in modern times in terms of advocacy and agenda setting and thereby normalizing people to accept the dominant culture (and lifestyle) and marginalizing those who don’t adhere to the socially set norms. Thereby this paper while taking into the analysis of thinkers like Foucault, Habermas, Chomsky, Gramsci and Baudrillard will try to understand the process of ‘creation of power’ by the media more so in the Indian context which often leads to discrimination and subjugation of certain sections of the society (LGBT community is taken as a case for analysis). The paper also brings in the concepts of ‘self’ and ‘other’ to study this discrimination. Further the concept of radical media is brought to the fore to show that not every form of media practise discrimination but they themselves can sometimes be used as a weapon to fight discrimination.

Abstract: Use of diode laser for the management of soft tissue procedure make both periodontists and patients more comfortable during treatment , due to minimally invasive, ease of use, relativelly lack of pain and provide blood less field during surgical procedure because diode laser have hemostatic properties, when compared with conventional technique.

Abstract: In this paper, a new non-monotone conic trust region method with fixed step-size based on conic models for solving unconstrained optimization problem is proposed. Unlike the traditional trust region methods, the sub-problem of our new algorithm is the conic minimization sub-problem. Moreover, we use the fixed step-size to obtain a new point when the trial step is not accepted. Theoretical analysis indicates that the new method preserves the global convergence under suitable conditions.

Abstract: Second Language Teaching in classroom situation is a challenging task for the second language teacher. The teacher has to make hectic effort to generate the four fundamental language skills among the learners in a heterogeneous classroom situation. Traditionally in the Indian situation the teacher is inclined to practice the Grammar Translation Method which is known as the Traditional Method to develop competencies among the learners. But the learners belonging to varied levels of capability cannot be made equally competent through this method that makes use of grammar rules and translation device in teaching English in the classroom situations. On the contrary, if teaching situation is manipulated through Functional Communicative Approach, second language learning happens to be a joyful experience so that the learners get motivated to be associated in the language process. The present Study is an attempt to explore experimentally the comparative effectiveness of the Traditional Method of teaching and teaching with Communicative Approach in the second language classroom situation.