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This study investigated attitudes towards skills training and occupational aspirations of participants in schools for Continuing Education in 1991. Six Schools for Continuing Education were randomly selected for investigation; 3 from rural and 3 from urban areas. The primary data collecting...

This study investigated attitudes towards skills training and occupational aspirations of participants in schools for Continuing Education in 1991. Six Schools for Continuing Education were randomly selected for investigation; 3 from rural and 3 from urban areas. The primary data collecting...

The assessment of Preschool age children (age 4-6) on their intellectual and cognitive potentials at school and community levels are discussed in this report in the light of other related empirical studies carried out between 1974 and 2009 on the Panga Munthu test (PMT). The PMT was earlier...

There are many factors that have been said to play a part in the cause of mental disorders. However mental illness in Zambia is largely influenced by socio-cultural factors (Msoni, 1990).Mental Health Services in Zambia were established twenty six years ago but to date, only 20% of the estimated...

Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) is a corner stone for successful implementation of prevention, care and support services among HIV negative and positive individuals. VCT is also an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people. This study was designed to determine...

The study’s main purpose was to investigate the factors that contributed to low reading levels in both Chinyanja and English languages among Grade 5 pupils learning under ROC in selected basic schools in Lusaka District. The study employed qualitative data collection and analysis procedures to...

The study was conducted to assess Grade 3 pupils’ preparedness for the Read On Course (ROC) under the Primary Reading Programme (PRP) in reading and writing in Bemba as a first language and English as a second language. The study addressed the following main objectives among others: to establish...

This was a comparative study based on 400 grade 5 children who had lost one or both parents against their 400 peers in the same grade with both parents alive. Data collection involved the children completing various tests for academic performance, the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), and the...

Previous research has established high mental health problems and needs of children in residential care. However, in Zambia little is known about the mental health of this peculiar group of children. The study prescribed in this paper aimed to explore the mental health problems/disorders in...

This study investigated intersexual differences in spatial ability amongst Zambian children aged between five and eighteen years. The results were viewed in the light of cross-cultural research. Particular attention "as paid to the concept of field dependence. It was found that intersexual...