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The aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of the Bilingual approach to learning in the schools of the Hearing Impaired (HI). The Bilingual approach to learning for the HI was introduced in Malawi by the Ministry of Education in January, 2005 as a way of realizing a uniform way of teaching learners with HI. To collect data for the s... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Shaba, Mapopa Mgombera Supervisor(s): Pascal Kishindo , Edrinnie KayambazinthuMalawi adopted Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in 2001 reflected in the primary curriculum and assessment reform (PCAR). This study aimed at investigating the implementation of OBE in Malawi primary schools. Specifically, the study intended to investigate the experiences of teachers and explore opportunities and challenges in the process of implem... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chiziwa, Wezzie K.M.C. Supervisor(s): Esthery Dembo KunkwenzuThis thesis analyzes the impact of poverty and HIV and AIDS knowledge on risky sexual behaviour. Risky sexual behaviour is defined as sex with non-marital/non cohabiting partners without using a condom. Two alternative measures of poverty are used: income and wealth status. Wealth status is used in order to establish the robustness of the povert... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Levison ChiwaulaThis study focuses on maintenance of Chisenga, a minority language spoken in Mchinji district situated in the central western part of Malawi that borders with Zambia. The study aims at exploring factors governing the maintenance of Chisenga among the Nsenga that settled within the predominant Chichewa speaking area. The methodology was predomina... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chikaipa, Victor Supervisor(s): Edrinnie Kayambazinthu , Pascal KishindoThe purpose of the study was to investigate how leaders in primary schools play their role in the implementation of school based professional development for teachers and their challenges. The study used qualitative research design. Interviews, document analysis and focus group discussions were the methods used to collect data from Chitakale edu... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chiwanda, Collins Edward Supervisor(s): Ken Ndala , Symon ChiziwaEnglish is the language of Law in non-traditional courts in Malawi where about forty-five percent of the population are not proficient in English. When a person who is not proficient in the language is involved in a court case being tried in the non-traditional court, an interpreter is required to interpret the proceedings from and into English.... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Namachotsa, Pearson B.M. Supervisor(s): Edrinnie Kayambazinthu , Pascal KishindoBackground The Cox proportional hazards regression model has become the most used tool in the analysis of censored survival data. However, some features of the Cox model may cause problems for the analyst or an interpreter of the data. They include the restrictive assumption of proportional hazards for covariate effects, and “loss” (non-estimat... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Thawani, Agness Supervisor(s): Sarah Ann WhiteAnalysis of diarrhoea data in Malawi has been commonly done using classical methods. However, of late new approaches, such as Bayesian methods, have been introduced in literature. This study aimed at trying out new statistical techniques in comparison with the classical ways as well as finding out how each isolates dominant factors for a child‘s... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kaombe, Tsirizani Mumderanji Mwalimu Supervisor(s): Jimmy NamangaleThis study explored perceptions of rural stakeholders on the implementation of readmission policy at secondary school, in order to establish why the implementation of the policy was still challenging, and to find out if revision of the policy has aided effective implementation. The main finding from the study was that most parents/ guardians, te... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nkhonjera-Chisanga, Sibongire Supervisor(s): Samson MacJessie-Mbewe , Anthony ChigedaHigh prevalence of anemic conditions due to HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and others have increased the demand for blood in Malawi. Trends have shown that most blood donors donate only once. Voice call reminders, which are expensive and un-scalable, have so far been used to encourage repeated blood donations. Although there has been an increas... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Monawe, Managanizo Supervisor(s): Harry GombachikaMalaria is one of the most important diseases in tropical and subtropical areas, with sub-Saharan Africa including Malawi being the region most burdened. The region has the right combination of biotic and abiotic components, including socioeconomic, climatic and environmental factors that sustain transmission of the disease. Heterogeneity in the... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chirombo, James Supervisor(s): Lawrence Kazembe , Rachael LoweThis study set out to investigate factors that make a girl child vulnerable to child rape and defilement in Malawi. Specific objective of the study were to examine reasons for rape and defilement, explore reasons as to why more girls are raped and defiled than boys and to find out reasons as to why most perpetrators of child rape and defilement ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Makina, Lottie Supervisor(s): Pierson Ntata , Hendrina Kachapila-MazizwaThis study was aimed at exploring the extent to which home background factors influence the development of criminal behaviour among the youth especially in relation to how orphans and own children are treated in the home. Views that were analysed in the study were obtained from a wide range of respondents including orphans, non-orphans, adults, ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kakowa, Felix Dixon Supervisor(s): Wapulumuka Mulwafu , Paul KishindoBackground: In survival analysis studies the interest is time taken to experience an event of interest. However, the probability of encountering the event of interest is commonly altered in studies where subjects experience an event other than that of interest. The standard survival time analysis methods, such as Kaplan-Meier method and the stan... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Banda, Louis Masankha Supervisor(s): Mavuto MukakaBackground: Helminths infections (i.e., S. haematobium, S. mansoni and Hook worm) affect more than a quarter of world’s population, with consequences for nutritional and educational development of infected individuals. They are a common cause for morbidity, especially among children in undeveloped countries. Control strategies require better und... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chipeta, Michael Give Supervisor(s): Lawrence KazembeA number of community-based self-reliant (self-help) development projects have been implemented in Malawi in recent years. This study was aimed at examining conditions that lead to emergence of self-reliant projects and their contribution to rural livelihoods. The study was conducted at Zakudimba Producers Cooperative (ZAPCO) and used primary da... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Thengele-la-Chirwa, Joshua Supervisor(s): Paul KishindoThis study examines the theme of decolonisation in three African novels: Ayi Kwei Armah’s Osiris Rising, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow and Femi Abodunrin’s The Dancing Masquerade. The study argues that these novels suggest that decolonisation in Africa can be accomplished through re-appropriation of African ways of life. Despite this co... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chikoti, Victor Lordwin Supervisor(s): Bright MolandeThe study investigates the performance of the traditional and improved fish smoking kilns in the Lake Chilwa basin using a stochastic production frontier. The kiln performance is measured through its efficiency in utilising inputs (firewood and labour) for an output (Smoked fish). Since fish smoking depends on the forest resource, the study also... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Luhanga, Davies Madalitso Supervisor(s): Regson Chaweza , Richard MussaThis study provides empirical evidence on the existence of a long run equilibrium relationship between inflation and its covariates in Malawi using the ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration. The study uses monthly data for the period January, 2002 to December, 2010 and reveals that money supply, maize prices, industrial production, South... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Maganga, Owen Supervisor(s): Ronald Mangani , Ben KaluwaThe study used multivariate vector autoregressive model (VAR) to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, and assess the determinants of FDI inflows in Uganda for the periods between 1970 and 2010. Interpretations of results are based on Granger-Causality and innovation accounting (variance decomposition and ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Odongo, Maxwell Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Ronald Mangani