Abstract Positive discipline has become a global initiative in the educational sectors, particularly in early childhood education and primary and secondary education. In Zimbabwe, there has been a call by the Ministry of Education, imploring teachers to use positive discipline practices in the teaching and learning process. Teachers are expected and required to manage student behavior through the implementation of a well-designed classroom management plan. However, learners’ disruptions th...
ABSTRACT The reason for carrying out this study was to investigate the perception of educators on the new competence-based curriculum‟s two assessment procedures of formative and summative in four secondary school of Muzarabani District of Mashonaland Central Province. Four schools were selected from the district through random sampling and this saw about forty educators being involved. A descriptive survey method was also applied .Furthermore the questionnaire was used for data collectio...
Table of Contents DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………ii ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..iii LIST ...
Abstract Aggressive behaviour problems are common in the early years of most children’s lives. However, children who are not raised by their biological parents are believed to be a greater risk of developing aggressive behaviour problems than those raised by their biological parents. This study was carried out to establish the causes and solutions to aggressive behaviour problems exhibited by orphans in ECD B at a primary school. In an effort to establish the causes and solutions to this pr...
ABSTRACT Nurses in the hospital setting are the frontline staff caring for patients. Despite the high incidents of violence directed at the mental health and casualty nurses while on duty, there is limited qualitative data that explores the lived experience of returning to the workplace after an assaultive incident. This phenomenological study sought to explore and analyze the phenomenon of registered nurses who are employed in high risk settings at Gweru provincial Hospital. The research que...
ABSTRACT Motivation is a necessity so that learning becomes a continuing, productive, interesting and enjoyable process. However it has been observed that ECE learners lack motivation and drive towards their school work and as such they suffer academic performance lags. Many reasons can be attributed to this; teachers have therefore tried to come up with measures to ensure that the levels of motivation are improved; however some of these measures have met limited success. This research projec...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors which influence performance of Biology students in Gweru District Secondary Schools. The study also aimed at finding out strategies which can be used to improve performance of students in Biology. Data was collected from three schools through questionnaires and interviews. A descriptive survey design was used during the study. This study comprised a sample of 15 participants and a total of 3 secondary schools in Gweru Urban Di...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the state of parental involvement in the education of ECD learners in the DISOSI schools cluster of Tsholotsho District. The study was aimed at investigating the forms in which parents are involved, the structures that enhance parental involvement in the cluster, challenges faced as a result of parental involvement and the strategies that enhance parental involvement. Data were collected through the use of interviews for parents and questionnaires for ECD teac...
Abstract Extremely high temperatures and very low rainfall has been witnessed in Zimbabwe and this has been the evidence that has shown that climate change is taking place within the country. The Indaba Ward in Zvishavane District has got a population of 5067 people, 2307 men and 2660 women. These changes in climatic conditions have been witnessed specifically in agro-ecological regions 4 and 5 located and these changes have affected the sources of livelihood especially of the rural populati...
Abstract The point of this survey is to analyze the challenges being experienced in the administering of ZIMSEC examinations using the case of the Sherwood-Munyati cluster. To establish the ZIMSEC examinations related challenges faced by the cluster. The research’s objectives were to establish the origin of the examinations challenges faced by the cluster and to recommend the successful mitigation strategies for dealing with the ZIMSEC examinations related challenges for the cluster. This e...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the responsiveness of the upgraded education curriculum which conceptualises the total integration of learners with disabilities in the mainstream school. Special attention was given to deaf learners who by virtue of their disability have a limited comprehension and communication interface with the surrounding world. The Mzilikazi District was selected as the basis of this study by targeting specific schools known to have deaf learners. Literature was revi...
ABSTRACT This study is an investigation into the causes of the low performance in the English Language at „O‟ Level in high schools in Gweru Urban. It is guided by the following objectives, to find out factors that contribute to the low pass rate in the English Language at Ordinary level in Gweru Urban Schools. The study seeks to also interrogate the possible remedies that schools could harness to arrest the low performance. To carry out the research, the survey method was used in the sel...
ABSTRACT This study is about information system research. It is an information systems research case study on GIPF ERP Implementation. The management replaced the Accountmate system with Oracle E-Business suite in 2009, as the best Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Research has shown that large IT projects such as ERP sometimes don’t meet expectations. Therefore, the GIPF CEO then commissioned a post-implementation review by Ernst & Young found in 2012 that the business processes were...
Abstract The Ministry of Education in Namibia has published the standards that identified twenty – nine aspects of the conditions of a school and its work and provide a way of quantifying the quality of each of these aspects. Seven key areas of the work of schools have been identified. Starting 2007, teams of evaluators begin a program of school evaluations. Grading has to be given to the work of the school on the seven key areas on a four – point scale. In each performance indicator illu...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the causes of learners’ negative attitudes towards History at Secondary School level in Mount Darwin District Rural Schools. The study also offers the ways that can be used to improve learners’ attitudes. Mount Darwin District has 47 Secondary Schools. For the purpose of this study the researcher focused on 3 rural schools only. The researcher used a sample of 45 learners, 15 teachers and 3 Heads of Departments’ .The descriptive survey research desi...