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Provision of quality basic services has been a problem in most African countries including Malawi. This continues to be a big challenge despite users paying fees to district or city councils to support delivery of quality basic services such as water, good roads and clean toilets in public places such as bus depots. It is against this background... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Mhlanzi, Allan Supervisor(s): Dan BanikThis study is a political economy analysis of Development Budget in Mzimba District. The study employed a qualitative research design and used several data collecting tools for analysis. The tools used included review of documents, key informant interviews and Focus Group discussions. This approach enabled me to assess roles of critical players ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Matope, Rebecca Liwawa Supervisor(s): Asiyati Lorraine ChiwezaThe study is an analysis of public participation in combating corruption in public sector in Malawi focusing at Mchinji District Council. Specifically, the study aims at assessing the extent to which and how public participate in combating corruption in public institutions. The study is significant because public participation is critical in co... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Makande, George Lucius Dayilesi Supervisor(s): Dan BanikThis study assessed the implementation of section 11 of the Gender Equality Act in the public sector which provides for a 60 40 gender quota in recruiting staff to the public service. Thus the study’s objectives were examining the awareness of recruiters i n the public service, evaluating the measures taken in incorporating the section in recrui... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Manda, Vanessa Anasi Supervisor(s): Happy KayuniThe quality of university education has become such a high-profile issue, in the 21st century due to the changes and challenges that face the entire education system in the world. The rise in student population through adoption and application of different modes of learning, have raised concerns about quality of public university education. The ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Kamanga, Grace Uledi Supervisor(s): Happy KayuniThe process of democracy consolidation in many African countries since the early 1990s, has deepened with popular voices from civil society. Although civil society organizations (CSOs) come in different shapes and formations, the democratization process has very much benefited from a category of CSOs that work in the advocacy sector. Civil socie... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Bamusi, Mavuto Supervisor(s): Augustin MagolowondoThis study seeks to analyse the spread of the Rastafari Movement from Jamaica to Malawi from the early 1970s to 2018 by tracing the roots of Rastafari ideology in Malawi, analysing how the Rastafari movement was consolidated in Malawi, examining how Rastafari has struggled with the general public, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s regimes and democrat... Read more
School: School of Arts, Communication and Design
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Chanthunya, HaroldThe campaign period is one of the busiest periods for candidates contesting for various positions because everyone is trying to sell themselves by positioning themselves as the right candidates for the position being contested for. This period is marked by excessive use of persuasive language. Proverbs, being persuasive and reuseable in various ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Ndalama, DeborahCommunity participation in disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives is one of the key challenges affecting meaningful implementation and sustainability of DRR in most developing countries despite concerted efforts to change this status quo (Mijoni and Izadkhah, 2009; Shaw, 2006; Wisner et al. 2004). Situating developmental change as political i... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Mbendera, Blessings Supervisor(s): Michael ChasukwaThis research was carried out to establish how extended learning time is being managed in primary schools in Malawi. It was noted centrally, that performance of primary school learners was poor and this was attributed to inadequate school time. As such, extended learning time (ELT) policy was considered as a solution. However, during working day... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Maliko, Getrued Supervisor(s): Bob Wajizigha ChuluThe measures of global connectivity such as graph integrity and toughness have non-polynomial time complexities. This has led to the development of global average graph vertex connectivity measures that are dependent on combinatoric counting of number of internally disjoint paths in a graph. Many results related to average vertex connectivity ha... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Malota, Ridson Supervisor(s): Patrick AliThis study explored teachers’ involvement in decision making related to finances in three public secondary schools of Kasungu Municipality. Specifically the study attempted to determine ways through which teachers are involved, level of their involvement and factors affecting their involvement. An exploratory case study research design was used.... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Kaonga, Chance Christopher Msauka Supervisor(s): Nertha Kate MgalaCassava has potential for many industrial uses, which provide an opportunity for more rewarding markets. Therefore, significant research on improved varieties, targeting industrial applications, is required as a possible approach to spur improvements in the value chain. In addition, the promotion of cassava for production, targeting industrial a... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Chimphepo, Lifa Supervisor(s): John Kalenga SakaThe study examines the suitability of the legal regime of Malawi arbitration for recognition and enforcement of cross-border e-arbitration and arbitral awards. Due to advancement of technology e-Arbitration is fast replacing the traditional means of arbitration as a form of alternative dispute settlement. In Malawi the legal framework for arbitr... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Mhango, Burton ChingondongoThis study sought to assess the effectiveness of collective bargaining at Chancellor College. Despite having the collective barganing mechanism, Chancellor College has, in a period of five years between 2013 and 2018, experienced fifteen strikes. The consequences of these strikes were the following: closure of colleges, disruption of the academi... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Muula, Angela Phiri Supervisor(s): Ernest ThindwaAn ideal language teacher education programme should equip student teachers with subject content matter and pedagogy on how to transmit that knowledge to learners. The challenge is on how to integrate this subject content knowledge with pedagogical knowledge. In this regard, this study was carried out to explore how teacher training institutions... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Kishindo, Lydia LumbaniThe Government of Malawi, like all governments, exists to provide social services to its people and to create a conducive environment for stimulating social and economic development. In order to achieve vision 2020, government has developed several developmental strategies to direct its efforts. An efficient public service is the medium term to ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Nampota-Howahowa M.O. Supervisor(s): Tiyesere Mercy ChikapaDespite having policies and strategies aimed at reducing repetition in primary schools, class repetition has remained on the higher side in Malawi. The Ministry of Education has been losing over MWK 14 billion annually for the past five years on primary school repeaters. These policies on repetition rely on communities’ support to education amon... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Mbendela, Martin MadalitsoIn Malawi Social Protection is identified as one of the key instrument to address the endemic poverty and vulnerability caused by different factors including climate shocks. Social protection programmes are being implemented to support poor beneficiaries including women whose households’ economic progress and welfare are constantly set back by... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Zalimba, Mphatso Adamson Supervisor(s): Chrissie KantukuleBased on the sociocultural perspective of the teacher as the main mediating agent in the classroom, the study investigated how teachers work with the four means of mediation; that is, tasks and examples, artefacts, inscriptions, talk and gesture; suggested by the Mediating Primary Mathematics (MPM) framework by Venkat and Askew (2018). The study... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2021
Author: Gobede, Fraser Pitros Rabson