The study explored child abuse risks and protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lusaka District, Zambia. It employed Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological model and a mixed-methods approach. An exploratory sequential research design was adopted for the current study. Data were collected...
Download PDF ↓This study scrutinized a range of accountability variables among secondary school managers to assess the impact on school performance in selected public secondary schools in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. This was done by analysing management practices and tools in relation to the utilization...
Download PDF ↓This study examined the effectiveness of the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) strategy in enhancing learners' active engagement, motivation, self-concept, teamwork, retention, and academic performance in lessons focused on the Turning Effect Of a Force (TEOF). Employing mixed methods approach with a...
Download PDF ↓Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health and economic threat involving humans, animals and the environment. Globally, AMR threatens historic gains attained in the treatment of infectious diseases. Escherichia coli and Enterococcus species initially considered harmless members of...
Download PDF ↓Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) are important food crops across Sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, common bean and cowpea yields are typically lower than potential yields due to the impact of plant diseases and invertebrate pests. Black bean aphid (Aphis...
Download PDF ↓Mobile money is widely renowned for its positive contribution to financial inclusion and improvements in welfare of users. Yet, little is known about how mobile money contributes to financial inclusion and improved livelihoods of mobile money agents as individual users and key players in...
Download PDF ↓The worldwide problems associated with the construction industry include low productivity, poor safety, inferior working conditions, lack of adequate financing, and insufficient quality. Widespread problems in the construction industry in most developing countries correspondingly include project...
Download PDF ↓The area of northeastern Zambia, between Chama and Lundazi towns, is underlain by rocks belonging to the Irumide Fold Belt, a Mesoproterozoic orogenic belt whose geology is dominated by biotite gneisses, which often show incipient migmatisation, that belong to the Kampemba Group. Less common...
Download PDF ↓Comparatively, Zambian smallholder cassava productivity is low. Zambian farmers produce 6 ton ha-1 , compared to 20–25 ton ha-1 in Zambia. Therefore, understanding smallholder farmers' poor yields is necessary to develop cassava cropping systems for yield intensification. In this study, field...
Download PDF ↓The study was inspired by the necessity to advance professional learning for primary school teachers that might support them to proficiently teach the mathematics topic of number bases. This was after a base line study conducted at National In-Service Teachers College (NISTCOL) in 2014 by the...