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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...

One major difficult pupils experience in science classes concerns the science that they learn having no immediate link or appeal to what they use, see or touch in everyday life. The science, particularly chemistry, learnt in this way is always considered difficult and abstract by the pupils. A...

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...

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 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...

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...