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This study compared learners’ initial reading achievements in letter knowledge, phonics and decoding skills on their entry and at the end of Grade One in Nyanja language of Lusaka and Katete districts. Speakers and non-speakers of the language of instruction in multilingual classes vis-à-vis...

HEIs in Zambia have adopted the use of social media in advertising, online learning and also for administrative purposes. Social media has developed in the recent years to a level where it presents itself as the biggest virtual market with the potential to increase geographic markets and revenue...

Mine tailings are a significant source of heavy metal contamination for soils in their proximity. In Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, historical and current mining operations have resulted in large outputs of tailings. Food crops grown on contaminated soils may be a conduit for transfer of heavy...

The study sought to establish the Main Constraints of Diffusion of Electricity Mini Off-Grid Systems for Entrepreneurial Purposes in Rural Areas of Zambia. The constraints established include; high poverty levels, low population density, low profitability of the mini-grids business, fear of the...

This study aimed at constructing interpersonal helping behaviours that are exhibited among pirate taxi drivers. Amixed methods study emedded design guided thi study. One hundred and sixty nine pirate taxi drivers who were enlisted using cluster random sampling reponded to a survey questionnaire....

The study sought to determine the effectiveness of Implementing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) interventions in higher tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe. The findings reveal that key contributing factors to effective interventions were; structures...

This study sought to establish what Colleges of Education were doing to ensure that student teachers have requisite academic writing skills in English. The following objectives were addressed: (1) to ascertain whether student teachers were adequately exposed to writing relevant texts at secondary...

Introduction: Obstetric fistula has devastating effects on womens lives. Women affected with obstetric fistula have shown limited engagement with medical services despite the availability of treatment options. The factors associated with limited participation in treatment services are widely...

The current study was conducted to explore the pedagogy of Civic Education in Social Studies at junior secondary school in Masaiti district. The study was purely qualitative in nature, which integrated constructivist and interpretivist paradigms. A hermeneutic phenomenological design also guided...

The study investigated the impact of decomposed oil price shocks on Zambia’s real aggregate output, its components, and financial markets. A Structural Vector Autoregressive Model was used for short-run analysis and Vector Error Correction Model for long-run analysis. The findings reveal that...