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In spite of the claimed low pay and unfavourable conditions of service in the teaching service in Zambia, a large number of young men and women enter teacher training colleges to train as teachers every year. The decision of these young men and women to become teachers raises questions as to...

As the policy of Import Substitution emphasises the utilisation of local raw material inputs, the strategy is expected to have spatial influence on the distribution of manufacturing industries. Since long links between supporting plants adversely affected profitability levels, manufacturing...

This dissertation is the result of research undertaken in Ikumbi IRDP project area of Isoka district from September, 1982 to February 1983. Tne study sought to analyse Zambia's rural development policy in general and to evaluate and analyse the results of this, especially in terms of the spatial...

This research study aimed at identifying factors affecting performance of learners in open secondary school centres. The concern was the prevailing poor performance of learners at an open secondary school centre in Mazabuka district pseudo named Mazabuka Open Secondary School centre in contrast...

This study gives empirical evidence on the status of teachers and factors that affect their status in urban and rural areas. It has been argued that teachers in different locations are iccorded different degrees of status (Sidhu, 2005). The purpose of the study was to compare the status of urban...

Generally, Zambian government schools and colleges have recorded low female participation in Science and Mathematics since political independence in 1964. The situation is worse in the subject of art and design. In many schools this subject is not offered. Additionally, many people in the Zambian...

Over the recent years, there have been concerns among Zambians with regard to the quality of education in the country with a general feeling that it is declining. One of the factors believed to contribute to the declining of education was the low levels of motivation among teachers. This study...

This study tried to find out the teacher's decisional condition in high schools and its effects on organizational development using some high schools in the Central Province of Zambia as case studies. The sample consisted of eight high schools of which four were rural and four were urban. The...

This study investigated teacher perception of school management practices and their influence on teacher performance in selected high schools of Lusaka. Stratified random sampling was used to select eight high schools from Lusaka for investigation in 2004. Data was collected using questionnaires,...

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes are planned educational activities practiced both within and outside school, primarily to develop or upgrade the professional knowledge, skills, attitudes and performance of teachers in schools. In Zambia, the idea behind professional...