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This report is based on an evaluation of the impact of Radio Listening Clubs (RLCs), an initiative of Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), on communities to foster social change. Since dealing with people’s mind set is a complex issue requiring time and organised effort, PSAf’s RLCs initiative...

The purpose of the study was to ascertain the reasons why uniformed personnel in the Zambia National Service did not utilise the VCT services which were located in the ZNS Camps. This would be of value to the management in the ZNS to be aware of the barriers existing that prevent VCT utilisation...

This thesis examined advertising and its impact on the media in Zambia.It looked at the historic development of advertising agencies describing their structure and organisation.It explored the trends of advertising formats of both the print and broadcast media. The study focused on the effects of...

This study mainly focused on how pre-service teachers were prepared in College of Education to handle initial literacy using Zambian Local Languages (through the NBTL course). The New Breakthrough to Literacy course (NBTL) is a British based literacy scheme (BTL) developed in the early 1960s and...

Oral literattire plays a significant role in the socialiaation of young people in any society. Among the Tumbuka, the dominant farm is the vidokoni, one of the four main genres. The others are midauko, ntarika and nyimbo, Vidokeni, comprising narratives both with and witJaout song, is extensively...

The purpose of this study was first to investigate whether male students had a higher self concept than female students in mathematics and science. Secondly, to establish whether there was a positive correlation between self-concept and performance.A sample size of 114 students ( 56 females and...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there was a relationship between home-background of pupils and indiscipline in selected Zambian secondary schools, The sample consisted of 102: grade Eleven pupils aged from 17 to 18,it was subdivided into two groups of 51 each, group 1...

This study investigated the nature, types, trends, patterns, and effects of alternative conceptions held by grade 12 pupils in electrostatics in Lusaka secondary schools. The study was carried out in three schools in Lusaka; a boys',a girls', and a co-education school. Two groups of pupils in...

The importance of quality and efficient education sector has attracted a lot of attention both in terms of academic work and political commitment in developed countries. In contrast, there has been little work done concerning efficiency of the education sector carried out in African countries....