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This study investigated the effect of community participation in education on the learning and teaching environment in selected high schools in Mongu District of the Western Province. The objectives of the study were to: find out the effect of community participation in education on learning...

The effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) and rhizosphere pseudomonads on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Matuo and Sato) in Zambia was investigated. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza was isolated from three soils obtained from Kasama area of...

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...

Education is a very important factor in the development of any nation.However, it has been observed that for a long time girls have been marginalised or disadvantaged in terms of access to education. One of the major factors contributing to this disparity has been teenage pregnancies among the...

This study sought to find out the effectiveness of the School-Based Continuing Professional Development [CPD] programs in sharpening teachers' classroom performance in Upper Basic Schools in Lusaka Urban District. A sample of seventy-two[72] school teachers, eight [8] School In-Service...

This study looked at the effects of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through School Programmes for In -Service for the Term (SPRINT) on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes. The purpose of the study was to find out if SPRINT had any effect on teacher classroom...

The study looked at the effects of Education Boards on the operations of basic schools in Zambia. It was carried out in Ndola and Masaiti Districts in the Copperbelt Province where Education Boards were first piloted in 1995. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. A sample...

Boys from three different family backgrounds were compared on the basis of their performances on six tests -the sewing test, carving test, test of sex identity, aggression, discipline and personal construct differentiation. The subjects for this study included children brought up in...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Free Education Policy in Ndola and Masaiti Districts. The survey design was used, coupled with quantitative and qualitative methods. A sample total of 244 Respondents was selected from six schools in Masaiti and six schools in Ndola....

Initiation ceremonies are normally a means of passing on of the society's culture from the old to the young generation. It has been observed that during initiation, the girl is instructed by some elderly women who are vested in the culture of the society. The emphasis is on domestic and...