There has been great concern about quaUty teaching in our schools in Zambia. The general poor performance year in and year out is unacceptable considering government's effort to educate the masses and reduce illiteracy levels. I.amentations by the society over pupils" poor performance are...
Download PDF ↓Numeracy has been given prominence in most educational policy and curriculum documents in Zambia. There have been several interventions aimed at improving the quality of education in general and numeracy skills in particular. Nonetheless, several assessments of learning achievement over the last...
Download PDF ↓Adapting to a new society or environment is a valuable process for new teachers, as for all human beings, since it is both a kind of excitement and a worry to enter a new environment for all individuals (Jarvis and Algozzine, 2006:11). The first year of teaching has been described as a time of...
Download PDF ↓The study investigated the benefits from the transformation of a co-education school to a single sex school with reference to Katete Secondary School. The study investigated the benefits of running a co-education school, the benefits of running a single sex school, the reasons for the...
Download PDF ↓Today's reality is that people influence important aspects of organizational performance in a multitude of ways. If an organisation is to treat its employees as its most important asset, it has to be knowledgeable about what it is that motivates people to reach their full potential, understanding...
Download PDF ↓In 2014, the Ministry of Education introduced a revised education curriculum, which saw the use of local languages as mediums of instruction as well as languages for teaching initial literacy from Pre-School to Grade 4. The Permanent Secretary said that the purposes of the review included among...
The study was an assessment of administrative challenges faced by primary school Headteachers in managing learners with special educational needs in inclusive schooling in Kaputa District. The objectives of the study were: (i) to establish the effectiveness of the education policy on inclusive...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of the teaching and learning of ICT at Junior Secondary School level. The specific objectives were: to investigate the effectiveness of the teaching of ICT, to ascertain the suitability and availability of instructional resources in the...
Download PDF ↓This study employed a cross sectional survey research design to assess service-learning in the teaching of civic education in selected secondary schools in Lusaka province. The purpose of this study was to assess how teachers and pupils interact in and outside classroom focusing on pedagogical...
Download PDF ↓Despite various arguments which have been advanced in favour of educational decentralization, there is no ideal version of decentralization. This explains why success or failure in implementation tends to be context based and mostly influenced by a number of factors such as the availability of...