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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...

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...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the views of teachers on inclusive practices in basic schools in Kasama District, Zambia. In the present study, inclusive practices referred to an arrangement in which pupils with disabilities learn together with other pupils in ordinary schools....

The purpose of the study was to investigate the teaching and management of Home Economics in Basic Schools in Mufulira district. The case study design was used utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods.A total sample of 150 respondents, was selected from Mufulira, Solwezi, Kitwe and...

This study investigated the effects of shortage of trained teachers on the provision of education in basic schools. The study was done in Livingstone and Kazungula Districts of Southern Province. Livingstone District represented the urban environment, while Kazungula District represented the...

This study investigated the effects of the expansion of the basic education sector on classrooms, pupils' learning needs and teachers, and it looked into strategies that might alleviate negative effects of the expansion. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection...

The study investigated the impact of curriculum innovations on pre-service primary teacher education in Zambia. The study collected views from teacher educators in Colleges of Education, educational administrators from Teacher Education Department, Curriculum Development Centre, Examinations...

The Post Jomtien Conference of March 1990, in Thailand, has seen the Zambian Government directing its efforts to providing quality education to all, for economic and social reasons. However, these efforts have been constrained by problems such as lack of qualified teaching staff and teaching and...

This study was directed at investigating the impact of the Islamic Revolution on the education of females in Iran, which included an interpretation of Islam whose implementation in national affairs like education could change the position of women. The study analysed the status of women from the...

The main objective for carrying out this study was to find out if the poor readers were benefiting from the 'new child centred' approach to learning to read under the Primary Reading Programme. The specific objectives were to find out if the poor readers had acquired the initial literacy skills...