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Residential Care (RC) is frequently used despite it being the last resort in the continuum of care for children and adolescents and evidence of its detrimental effects on the psychological well-being of children. RC is a type of care arrangement involving a group of more than ten children that is...

Introduction: In most developing countries female education is considered the single most important predictor of maternal health seeking behavior. The study seeks to analyze the role of female education by establishing whether quantitative evidence provides the same conclusions and additional...

This study investigated the influence of SMS language on academic composition writing among Grade 12 learners in four schools from Kalulushi District of the Copperbelt province of Zambia. The study sought to establish why learners use SMS language in their compositions despite them being taught...

This study examined the legacy and imprint of colonial administrative systems, behavioural systems and administrative processes on the post-colonial administrative systems in present day Zimbabwe. The key findings were that the colonial administrative system had a bearing on the transformation of...

This study focuses on the socio-economic impact of the Lumpa Church in Lundazi district in Eastern Province of Zambia from 1955 to 1995. It reveals that the church spread to the district in about 1955. The study shows that the church members spread the church in the district by preaching its...

Land disputes often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development. This is especially time in developing countries and countries in transition, where land market institutions are weak, opportunities for economic gain by illegal action are widespread and...

Although there is an increase in the number of visually impaired learners completing secondary education in recent years, the acquisition of skills found in the Expanded Core Curriculum to help them compensate on their sight remains relatively low. In such a context, it becomes critical to...

The problem for this study emerged from the fact that little was known on the nature of counselling offered to sexually abused children in Victim Support Units. The study therefore, focused on four objectives namely: to investigate the nature of counselling services offered to sexually abused...

The research was carried out at Kitwe College of Education of Copperbelt province. Its major objective was to examine the nature of infrastructure in teaching and learning Design and Technology in Technology Studies in Teacher Education Institution. The study is grounded in the constructivist...

The study investigated the nature, prevalence, causes and methods used by teachers to correct the reading difficulties experienced by middle basic school learners with visual impairments in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to: identify the nature of reading difficulties among middle basic...