Katongo Bwalya

The re-entry policy in the Zambian government has allowed girls who fall pregnant to take leave and go for maternity and then continue with their education after delivery. This policy has benefited many young girls in the country. Following this policy there is an advocacy to ensure pregnant girls go back to school after giving birth and thereafter...

The concerns of an overloaded curriculum persisted in Zambia’s education system as far back as 1992. This lasted until 2002 when the number of subjects was reduced from 11 to 5 in primary schools and from fourteen to six in colleges of education. The study established lecturers’ views on the integration of music, art and design and physical educati...

The concerns of HIV medicalization should not just be 'normalised' by clinical approaches. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which HIV governmentality as mediated through a 'therapeutic citizenship' status, among school teachers, especially those on antiretroviral treatment (ART), have an effect on their everyday and deve...

The purpose of this study was to establish challenges and experiences faced by student teachers during teaching practice in Zambia. The study employed the concurrent embedded design. Data was collected from 280 respondents including 200 student teachers, 30 host school deputy head teachers and 50 lecturers. The study employed a questionnaire, focus...

The purpose of this study was to establish challenges and experiences faced by student teachers during teaching practice in Zambia. The study employed the concurrent embedded design. Data was collected from 280 respondents including 200 student teachers, 30 host school deputy head teachers and 50 lecturers. The study employed a questionnaire, focus...

This article discusses HIV positive teachers’ medicalisation in the Zambian context. It makes a theoretical appraisal of the dynamics of health in this HIV treatment era, viewing the era as leaving the AIDS pandemic between two streams: a disappearing tragedy and a treatable illness with latent psychological, social and economic effects [1]. Teache...

With high COVID 19 restrictions enforced in schools, especially in urban areas of Zambia, it would be instructive and informative to know how play, physical education and sport are being handled in schools across the country without taking away from what these activities foster both intentionally and inadvertently. The pandemic has without doubt, s...

The Ministry of General Education (Zambia) introduced subject specialisation at primary school. However, researchers have not yet sufficiently interrogated the concepts and modalities of subject specialisation at the primary school level to build a basis for an informed position and implementation. The paper aimed to review the literature and inter...

The article examined the strategies teachers used to manage learners and learning process in selected inclusive primary classrooms in Kazungula and Livingstone Districts of Southern Province of Zambia. An interpretive research design supported by qualitative data collection approaches were used in the study. The sample comprised of 52 participants:...

The University of Zambia, located in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, has an enrolment system which is open to all deserving candidates. Cognisant of the degree-attainment gap between rural and urban areas of the country, the university introduced a Rural Affirmative Policy that is envisioned at augmenting enrolments of rural applicants. This ar...

In the recent years, physical fitness has gained popularity in Zambia. This is evidenced by the opening of numerous gyms, aerobics centres and public workout events especially in urban areas. Among the reasons for the preoccupation with physical exercises; health and cosmetic appeal seem to rate highest. The blend of nutrition, music and physical a...

Sports and nutrition are directly related to each other. Nutrition is an important component of any physical fitness program. It plays a very important role in attaining high level of achievements in sports. The purpose of this study was to assess the nutrition knowledge and food practice among the selected sportsman at the Olympic Youth Developmen...