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The aim of this study was to assess the training needs for retirement education programme among civil servants in the Ministry of Health in Lusaka District. The study addressed the objectives in threefold, thus: to establish the kind of training existing for retiring and /or retired workers; to...

Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five years globally accounting for 16% of deaths. In Zambia, ARI accounts for 30-40% of children’s outpatient attendance and 20-30% of hospital admissions. The study therefore...

The purpose of this study was to examine trends and management strategies of pupil indiscipline post the abolishment of corporal punishment in Zambia in selected secondary schools in Luanshya district. To achieve this aim, the objectives that guided the study were; to identify pupil disciplinary...

The diversity of datums in use today and the technological advancements that have made possible global positioning measurements with sub-meter accuracies, require careful datum selection and careful conversion between coordinates in different datums. This is due to different positional accuracies...

Mobile money which refers to the use of mobile phones to perform financial and banking functions has increasingly become popular in the world today. Not only has mobile money brought advantages of convenience, safe transactions, 24 hours access to its users, mobile money has also created a great...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of differentiated instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils by teachers of mathematics in four selected secondary schools in Choma District. The sample comprised 178 respondents from four selected secondary schools of which 18 were...

The study examined the use of play parks in Lusaka City. Lusaka incorporated play parks in its city’s plan based on Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ Concept as a way of beautifying the city and benefiting from a number of attributes relating to people’s mental health, social, environmental,...

The purpose of this study was to assess the utilisation teaching time by teachers in selected secondary schools in Mongu district, Zambia. The study explored factors that reduced time for teaching and learning and suggested strategies that could be employed to reduce time loss. The concurrent...

Accurate determination of weight is essential to avoid drug errors. Where weighing is not feasible, age or length based formulae are used to estimate weight. Formulae must be validated in the local population as most are derived from high income countries where childhood obesity is increasing....

This study examined the views of teachers and parents on use of local sign language in teaching literacy education to hearing-impaired learners in lower grades. The objectives of the study were to: identify local language signs used in the teaching of literacy education in schools; establish the...