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This study was aimed at identifying factors affecting performance of female adult learners re-entering high school through Academic Production Unit (APU) in Chipata and Katete districts in Eastern Province of Zambia. The concern was motivated by the prevailing poor performance of the female adult...

In Zambia women represent fifty-two percent of the population, yet their inclusion in political, decision-making and high value economic activities has always been limited. This has been attributed to the negative stereotyping of female roles by society, exacerbated by long-term fiscal...

This paper is a discussion of the problems encountered by Zambia in the task of implementing the international labour standards. The embodiment into the Zarnbian legal system of all ratified International Labour Organisation instruments is given, and the problems encountered in the implementation...

This survey attempts to document how production units in selected schools and colleges are organized and the problems they face. Furthermore, the survey analyses the opinions of pupils, students and teachers/Lecturers in reference to production units or manual work. The study also takes a look at...

The fight against crime is one of the tasks undertaken by governments. The-spread of crime in any country breeds insecurity among the citizens. This study investigates the strategies the Police employed to curb property crime in Lusaka. The subject is pursued from 1932 when the Police force was...

The study drew inspiration from the need to counteract the ensuing failures of modern systems in addressing development challenges especially at local level despite several efforts by governments to invest resources in poverty reduction and general developmental interventions. The study...

This dissertation is a study of public works in Bulozi with specific reference to the construction and maintenance of canals between 1885 and 1980 under the Lozi, colonial and post-colonial states. The construction of canals was necessitated by the local environmental factors such as low and high...

This study investigated the effect of pupil background characteristics on academic performance among upper basic school pupils in Lufwanyama district in the Copper belt Province of Zambia. The main concern that prompted this study in this district was the poor pass-rate recorded among grade nine...

In most former colonial dependencies of the Third world, particularly Africa after the decolonization era of the late 1950s and early 1960s, there has been relentless massive pressure, support and effort to change the inherited colonial education systems. Need for change has been precipitated by...

Rioting by pupils has been and continues to be one of the major disciplinary problems in Zambian high schools. There have been many cases of serious rioting among pupils in high schools during the post-independence period in Zambia. A number of factors can contribute to rioting among pupils in...