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This study sought to investigate the perspectives of stakeholders’ on the re-introduction of primary-secondary school structure in Solwezi district of the North-Western province of Zambia. The objectives of the study were as follows: To determine the views of stakeholders on the consultation...

The study was aimed at devising new Construction and Maintenance Contract methods for gravel roads that are based on “Lean Thinking and Value Management” philosophies in Zambia. The study revealed that currently in Zambia, Gravel Road Construction projects are commonly being realised through the...

The problem for this study emerged from the fact that nothing was known with regards to how students in credit courses of the University of Zambia (UNZA) extension programme perceived the teaching techniques used by their Tutors. Thus, its purpose was to establish such perceptions. The objectives...

This study was conducted at the University of Zambia and it investigated students’ perceptions of the quality of student welfare services. Little documented literature in this area necessitated the need for this study. The study used closed-ended questionnaires for the systematic randomly sampled...

In the last decade of the 20th Century, human Tuberculosis (TB) has re-emerged with a significant impact on global public health. About 9.4 million new cases of human TB are recorded annually with approximately 1.7 million deaths, affecting mainly young adults in their most productive years. The...

One of the constraints to crop productivity is weed infestation. Options in weed management are varied and can be associated with high costs unaffordable by small-scale farmers. Biological weed management through allelopathy presents an attractive option. Sunflower has been reported to possess...

Background: In most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), including the NICU at University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, initiation of enteral feeds in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates, is predominantly delayed for forty-eight to seventy-two hours, whilst they are commenced on...

Background: In view of all the recorded devastation it is causing to society and human life, HIV/AIDS appears to be in possession of all the characteristics of a contemporary social problem facing the world today, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. Voluntary Medical Male circumcision (VMMC) in...

The purpose of the study was to establish teachers’ homework practices towards learners with reading difficulties in six ordinary primary schools of Sefula Zone, Mongu District. The research design was a descriptive survey using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The study consisted of a...

The study focuses on the perceptions of teachers on the use of local languages as Medium of Instruction (MoI) from grades 1 to 4 in selected private schools in Lusaka. This study was prompted by the 2013 new language policy in education in Zambia, which holds that the use of local languages for...