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This study mainly focused on how pre-service teachers were prepared in College of Education to handle initial literacy using Zambian Local Languages (through the NBTL course). The New Breakthrough to Literacy course (NBTL) is a British based literacy scheme (BTL) developed in the early 1960s and...

Oral literattire plays a significant role in the socialiaation of young people in any society. Among the Tumbuka, the dominant farm is the vidokoni, one of the four main genres. The others are midauko, ntarika and nyimbo, Vidokeni, comprising narratives both with and witJaout song, is extensively...

The purpose of this study was first to investigate whether male students had a higher self concept than female students in mathematics and science. Secondly, to establish whether there was a positive correlation between self-concept and performance.A sample size of 114 students ( 56 females and...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there was a relationship between home-background of pupils and indiscipline in selected Zambian secondary schools, The sample consisted of 102: grade Eleven pupils aged from 17 to 18,it was subdivided into two groups of 51 each, group 1...

This study investigated the safety of injection practices in immunization activities and factors that contribute to unsafe practices. The study was done by finding out the type of injection equipment available in the MCH department and immunization activities in particular, the knowledge that...

This study investigated the nature, types, trends, patterns, and effects of alternative conceptions held by grade 12 pupils in electrostatics in Lusaka secondary schools. The study was carried out in three schools in Lusaka; a boys',a girls', and a co-education school. Two groups of pupils in...

The importance of quality and efficient education sector has attracted a lot of attention both in terms of academic work and political commitment in developed countries. In contrast, there has been little work done concerning efficiency of the education sector carried out in African countries....

Fusarium contamination of maize has been shown to be a problem in Zambia. In this study it was decided to test for the presence of five toxins produced by Fusarium; Zearalenone, T-2 toxin, diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS), deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol, in maize and maize products. This was the...

Background: Children infected with HIV are at risk of developing TB, this may be attributed to the fact that HIV infected children are immune compromised. ART has been linked to improved immune responses to TB. With the scaling up of ART in Zambia, more children will have access to treatment. The...