IOSR-JHSS   Volume-17 ~ Issue-5 ~ Nov-Dec-2013

Abstract: Bromley : The term "F-Commerce" is a neologistic portmanteau of Facebook and Commerce; referring to a type of marketing channel which facilitates - advertising, auctioning, purchasing and selling of any products (goods and/or services) through the social media network Facebook. The vast popularity of Facebook enabled F-Commerce platform to rapidly enhance the shopping tendency of its users with in a very shorter period of time. Literally it just came and concurred the market; as in Latin Venit, Vidit, Vicit. Objective of this exploratory research is to observe the adoption of F-Commerce in Bangladeshi context and identify its potential implications. An anthology of group discussions with the consumers and thorough case studies on the Bangladeshi f-traders were carried out during the month of June-July 2013. And crosschecking the group discussions with the Internet reviews permitted the researchers to ensure the validity of the findings.

Keywords: F-Commerce, Social Media Platform, F-traders, Exploratory Research.

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Abstract: This present study examines the influence of Intelligence and gender on Academic achievement of secondary school students of Lucknow city. The sample of the study consisted of 614 students (358 males and 256 females) from ninth and tenth class of fourteen schools of Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh (India). Intelligence was measured by Dr.G.C.Ahuja's Group Test of Intelligence. The board Results of Class X was used for collecting data for academic achievement. The findings of the study reveal that there is a significant influence of Intelligence on academic achievement whereas gender has not significantly influenced the academic achievement .T-Test; ANOVA and F- value were used for analyzing the data.

Keywords: Academic Achievement, Gender, Intelligence

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Abstract: Teaching as a viable profession forms the bedrock of national development. But the status of the teacher in the Nigerian educational system has not been properly delineated vis-a-vis the critical issue of professionalism. This paper is an attempt to beam the searchlight on the functions of the Teachers Registration Council established by Degree No.31 with implications for the professionalization of teaching cum suggestions to make its objectives a reality.

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Abstract: There are several reasons for automating the library activities especially computerizing library activities. On account of Information & knowledge explosion it has become essential for librarians to provide a master key to this repository of knowledge in the service, the librarian started mechanizing activities of libraries and research institution through various gadget. The main of Library is to provide access to proper information explosion, due to growing demands of the user and shrinking of financial resources, library cannot able to maintain all the reading materials on demand the only way to overcome from these problem is sharing resources through consortia, and Internet. This paper gives the importance of library automation, which requires planning, designing, and implementation. Library automation reduces the drudgery of repeated manual efforts in library routines by use of library automation collection, storage, administration, processing, preservation and communication etc. It increases productivity in terms of both works as well as in service. Key Words: Library Automation, Information Communication Technology, Areas of Automation, Software for Library Automation.

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