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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a new approach to education that seeks to balance human economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural resources. Five years into the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), this...

This study provides empirically verified findings on the relevance of the Upper Basic Education Curriculum to life experience of learners. It was guided by two specific research objectives,which were: 1.To specify and analyse the elements of the current Upper Basic Education Curriculum and...

The need to improve the socio-economic well being of the citizenry has placed huge challenges on the provision of better social infrastructure in developing countries like Zambia. To help with meeting the challenges, inputs from local communities have been incorporated in infrastructure...

This study investigated school managers, teachers, and pupils' opinions of effective teachers in selected high schools of Lusaka urban district. Random sampling was used to select the seven high schools. Data was collected using questionnaires,semistructured interviews, Focus Group Discussions...

This study is meant to provide information about the local structure of service centers to facilitate effective planning for rural areas so as to improve them and the welfare of the rural dwellers. To foster development, it is important to identify the problems of the present distributive system...

This study examines both the Northern Rhodesian colonial and the Zambian governments' policies and practices on settlement schemes in Chipata District (formerly known as Fort Jameson) of Eastern Province of Zambia. It looks at the way the economic policies for settlement schemes were formulated...

The reception of English Planning law in Zambia is twofold. First the English Town and Country Planning Legislation was received with such adaptations as the circumstances required. Secondly, the decisions of English Courts and British Ministers have been used as precedents.The innovation of...

This study examines the provision of social security for African railway workers in Zambia in the period between 1945 and 1967. Social security is defined here as the protection and assistance that the state, employers, individuals, and communities provide to workers to prevent or ameliorate the...

The development of the agriculture industry in Zambia could contribute tremendously to the development of the country which at present is dependent on the copper industry. Over three-quarters of the population still lives in the rural areas making their living from self-employment in farming....

The present study attempted to find out the extent to which qualified teachers never actually begin teaching(graduation loss) loss) and the extent to which serving teachers leave the profession (active loss) in relation to sex, subject of specialization and level of qualification in the period...