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One major difficult pupils experience in science classes concerns the science that they learn having no immediate link or appeal to what they use, see or touch in everyday life. The science, particularly chemistry, learnt in this way is always considered difficult and abstract by the pupils. A...

In the last few years governments around the world have pledged to massively scale up the delivery of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to achieve universal access for all. However, recent reports of generic medicines including ARVs containing little or no active pharmaceutical ingredients are...

The aim of this study was to investigate risk factors and explore child sexual abuse among high school pupils in Lusaka District. Specifically, the study focused on identifying the forms of sexual abuse; examine the factors that put children at risk for sexual abuse; find out the grooming tactics...

The main objectives of this study were to (i) to determine if educational level affect Uptake of exclusive breastfeeding among HIV positive postnatal mothers. (ii) to establish whether lack of decision making powers affect Uptake of exclusive breastfeeding among HIV positive postnatal mothers....

This study is an investigation into the discourses of the Catholic Church and the Secular Institutions on the use of condoms in the prevention of HIV transmission. The central objective of the study is to assess the preferred discourse among Catholic students in a nursing school. The focus on...

The theme of this study is that contrary to widely-held views, the colonial state was not always hostile to African farming, nor was its policies uniform everywhere. In Chipata district, the colonial state showed versatility in its relationship with African peasant farming.Contrary to the...

The Ministry of Education undertook a number of reforms in the 1990s due to the decline in literacy levels in basic schools; the basic school curriculum was changed. New methods of teaching were introduced as measures of intervention. Pedagogies like the New Breakthrough to Literacy (NBTL), Step...

This study sought to establish the effectiveness of teaching indigenous languages under the team teaching arrangement. The research methodology of the study involved both qualitative and quantitative data which was collected through questionnaires, lesson observations, curriculum materials and...

This dissertation examines developments and challenges of prosecuting crimes of sexual violence in international tribunals and takes the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as a case study. The dissertation addresses the problem of ending impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed...

On 11 November 1965, Ian Douglas Smith defied world opinion and proclaimed a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in Rhodesia. Rhodesia’s UDI posed a major challenge in the context of politics of decolonisation generally in Africa and southern Africa in particular. The Zambian government...