Losing parents and other significant adults can render children vulnerable including increased risk of experiencing negative outcomes such as stress, loss of self-esteem, depression, anxiety etc. Some children develop capacities to rebound from such challenges while others don’t. Children who...
One of the global aspirations set by the governments of the world under the auspices of the United Nations was to ensure that Universal Access to Primary Education was achieved by governments as set by Education For All and Millenium Development Goals target by 2015. This goal gave developing...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of the study was to investigate the nature and extent of bulling among visually impaired pupils at Magwero School in Chipata District, St. Mulumba School in Choma District, and Ndola Lion School in Ndola District. All the three school are special residential schools.The objectives of...
Download PDF ↓The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment is one way of tackling youth unemployment. Some others include outreach and volunteerism. An understanding of the ways in which planning and implementation of programmes and projects among youth organisations, and of the...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of the study was to explore the role Home Based Education plays in the development of children with severe and multiple disabilities. A survey design was used in conducting this research. Data was collected through questionnaires, semi-structured interview schedules, document...
Download PDF ↓The social and emotional adjustment of physically disabled, Lusaka primary school children was compared vfith the adjustment of their non-disabled counterparts.The main purpose of the study was to see if the disabled sample manifested significantly more rejection, ovor-r protection and a lower...
Download PDF ↓This study was aimed at investigating views of parents on the inclusion of learners with disabilities in mainstream schools in Lusaka urban district of Zambia with a gender dimension. This aim was achieved by reviewing relevant literature with the purpose of finding out what other authorities...
Download PDF ↓This study sought to carry out a comparative investigation of the factors of academic performance of blind grade 9 students in special schools and integrated schools in Zambia. The sample schools used in the study were two basic special schools one located in Luapula province and the other in the...
The study sought to find out how many female and male head teachers were in Lusaka province between 2000 and 2005; their professional qualifications; and to compare schools run by female head teachers with those run by male head teachers in terms of effectiveness. Two different levels of data...
Download PDF ↓This study examined challenges of rehabilitation faced by parents of children with cerebral palsy in Ndola urban, Zambia. Cerebral palsy is an injury to the developing brain. This injury often happens before, during birth or in the first five years of life (Kapulisa, 1990). Usually individuals...