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Education, is one of the important issues which occupy the minds of the new leaders when they are in the reigns of power in any former colonial dependency. This concern for education by the new governments in the newly independent countries is brought about by a number of factors. Firstly, the...

Water is a scarce and finite resource with no substitute. All life on earth depends on water. The challenges of water resource management anywhere need concerted efforts by various players such as government, the community or dam owners. This study was aimed at evaluating and describing...

This study set out to evaluate and determine the effect of formative evaluation on academic performance in Mathematics in upper basic schools of Lusaka District.The study used a quasi-experimental non-equivalent design. Under this design, the classrooms were used as they were without any...

This study attempted to find out whether the pupils who were taught reading comprehension in Bemba using the discourse analysis strategy would obtain significantly higher scores in a post-test comprising the conventional and the discourse analysis questions, than those using the conventional...

Prior to 1985 the communication skills syllabi of Zambia's Department of Technical Education and Vocational Training (D.T.E.WT.) were biased towards general English as taught at secondary school. This was so despite the long standing policy of the Department to teach language skills aimed at...

This study investigated the effectiveness of the 'Physicsclassroom' computer software in the learning of kinematics in high school physics at Munali Boys High School in Lusaka. The main objective was to find out if this software could enhance pupil performance in kinematics in physics at Munali...

It has always been assumed that a person of higher qualification executes duties better than one with a lower qualification. The truth of this assumption remains a matter of debate. The training of geography teachers in teaching field project was first done at the University of Zambia under the...

A study was conducted to investigate the potential of African Sausage Tree Fruit Pulp (ASTFP) in modulating the effects of E.coli endotoxin in grower pigs. Twenty weanling pigs from five litters/dams were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments consisting of a basic diet with 0 or 2% ASTFP....

The principle of cost-sharing in the Zambian education system was introduced with a view to addressing the issues of equity and equality in the education system. The purpose of this particular study was to find out the effects of cost sharing on access to high school education in Kabwe Urban...

This study investigated effects of laboratory experiments on the learning of science subjects by visually impaired pupils for grade nine (9) and twelve (12)pupils in the two selected schools (Magwero school for the Blind and Katete integrated Boarding school) in Eastern Province of Zambia. Data...