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The aim of the study was to explore the teaching of Social and Environmental Sciences in primary schools in Malawi using a theoretical framework of contextual teaching and learning. This study used a qualitative multiple-case study design involving three teachers as cases. Data were generated through lesson observations, in-depth semi-structured... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Munthali, Baxter Chilango Chisavu Supervisor(s): Macloud SalanjiraThis study sought to find out why street children have limited or no access at all to basic education. It sought views from street children themselves and parents/guardians on what could be the best way forward for these children to go to school. The study further assessed the role NGOs play to meet this basic need for street children in the Mun... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Chirwa, Devlin Samson Timothy Supervisor(s): Fred MsiskaIn this thesis we study three graph polynomials, namely, the chromatic polynomial, the Tutte polynomial and the coboundary polynomial. We define a class of graphs which we call triangulated ladder and give some of its properties. Then we find an explicit expression of the chromatic polynomial for this class of graphs. Furthermore, we find a recu... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Ntazinda, Alfred Supervisor(s): Eunice Mphako-BandaThe study was carried out in Lilongwe and Mzimba districts to quantify the linkages of HIV and AIDS to food production, food security and poverty. A total of 370 households (185 affected and 185 non-affected) were interviewed, with 160 households from Mzimba and 210 from Lilongwe district. The study has established that there is a negative linka... Read more
School: Bunda College of Agriculture
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Banda, Mathinda Supervisor(s): G MasanganoAfter the introduction of FPE in 1993/94 academic year, the UDF government started building schools in different parts of Malawi. Private contractors were hired. Some contractors did not build anything at the site; others did not complete their projects while others used low quality materials that resulted in substandard structures. The contract... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mphande, Charity TemwachiInformation dissemination is very paramount in any developing activity. When a skilled person transfers what he knows to other people, through communication, the willing recipients of that information will more likely become knowledgeable as well. When the recipients of the information are not willing to take in the information and use it accord... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mphaka, Patrick Luc Lefief Supervisor(s): C ChilimaMalawi aspires to be a middle income country by the year 2020. At a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US $151.50 per capita, as of 2003, Malawi is far behind the World Bank’s classification of a middle income country. The World Bank sets the GDP for a middle income country at US $2,046. Malawi has lately witnessed closures of a number of manufactu... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mkandawire, Robert William Supervisor(s): Harry GombachikaThe commonly observed positive relationship between market concentration and profitability may be explained by non competitive pricing behaviour (monopoly) as argued by the structure-conduct performance hypothesis (SCP), or by the high efficiency of firms with dominant market shares as argued by the efficient-structure hypothesis. This study as... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mwamba, Sylvia Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaTime is a scarce resource. Economics is about the allocation of scarce resources to competing uses (Ruuskanen 2004). The problem of the producer’s choice (household) can be put as a time allocation problem: How many hours have to be allocated to agricultural and health production. Allocation of time is driven by the desire to produce the optimal... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Ndilowe, Peter H. Supervisor(s): Winfred MasanjalaIn this study, the demand for real money M1 and M2 is estimated for Uganda covering the period 1980-2004 on a quarterly basis. The modelling takes place within the framework of the ordinary least squares (OLS) single equation estimation method. The choice of this single equation estimation technique was because it is simple to use and it has bee... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Muhofa, Hamala Denis Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuPrivate investment, both domestic and foreign is one of the key players in economic development in Kenya. While developing countries as a whole attracted an annual average of $41 of Foreign Direct Investment( FDI) per capita in the period 1996-2003, Kenya only drew average annual inflows of $1.3 per capita, thereby missing out on the global surg... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Asuna, Monica Marren Supervisor(s): Ben KaluwaThis study has examined the effects of Government policy and Commodity price shocks on private investment in Kenya. Due to non-stationarity of the variables in the model and the existence of a cointegrating relation, an error correction mechanism was used. The estimated long-run results indicate that real GDP growth rate, real lending interest r... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Musengele, Benedict Musili Supervisor(s): Chinyamata ChipetaBarely five years after its inception, the privatisation programme in Malawi was temporarily suspended in 2001. Government decided to suspend the program after the public questioned the benefits and expressed the fears of the negative impact of privatisation. This study contributes to the few available literature on the impact of privatisation i... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Kanyoma, Edwin Elliya Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaElectricity is a good not yet provided in most parts of rural Malawi because ESCOM (the sole provider) argues that it cannot profitably extend its supply because of high cost of installing transformers and the weak potential demand. As a result, the main sources of energy for cooking among rural Malawian households are firewood and charcoal. Lac... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Chilipaine-Banda, Talumba Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaInternational tourism is a fast growing industry generating half a trillion dollars in annual revenues and accounting for almost 10% of total international trade, and almost half of total trade in services. However, it has so far failed to receive the attention it deserves from mainstream economics. This study has investigated the determinants o... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: M'madi, Martha Mwapasa Supervisor(s): Patrick KambewaThis dissertation traces and examines the history of Lunjika Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Eswazini, a rural growth centre in Mzimba district. The importance of this mission for the overall Adventist mission history in Malawi cannot be understated. The mission a sister of Malamulo, Matandani and Luwazi missions in the spread of Adventist mess... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Banda, Macleard S. Supervisor(s): Klaus FiedlerThis dissertation titled Stage Drama in Independent Malawi: 1980 to 2002 is a historical, performance and literary study of a significant period in Malawi’s theatre history. It focuses primarily on the academic / highbrow theatre produced at the University of Malawi, and its dichotomous counterpart, the professional popular commercial stage dram... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Magalasi, Mufunanji Willard Moffati Supervisor(s): Olufemi AbodunrinLife history traits, including age, growth, reproduction, recruitment pattern and mortality rates of L. gossei (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) locally known as Chisawasawa from the south east arm of Lake Malawi were studied between March 2005 and February 2006. A total of 1208 male and female fish ranging from 58 – 146mm SL and 73 – 200mm TL were samp... Read more
School: Bunda College of Agriculture
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Singini, Wales Supervisor(s): E.K. KaundaThe interface between the church and state, also called the social mission of the Church, remains a contentious question. It is traceable right back to the days of Jesus himself. For instance, when he was faced with the question about taxation Jesus expressly said: “give to Caesar what is Caesar ’s, but give to God what is G0d’s” (Mk 12: 17; Mat... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Chigona, Gerard L.M. Supervisor(s): Patrick KalilombeThe Marist Brothers came to Malawi in 1946 and have been working in the field of education ever since. They came almost at the dawn of secondary school education because, by then, only two secondary schools in Malawi, namely, Blantyre and Zomba Catholic were operational. The research examines how far St Marcellin Champagnat’s aims of founding th... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mbewe, Mastone L.K. Supervisor(s): J.C. Chakanza