DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

LESSON PLAN
NAME OF TEACHER: ……………………… DATE:
SUBJECT: Civic education DURATION:80 MINUTES
TOPIC: GOVERNANCE CLASS:
SUBTOPIC: local government in Zambia NO OF BOYS…
GIRLS…
REFERENCES: long man civic education book 10 long man pg 23-45 and other sources
TEACHING LEARNING /AIDS: learners book, chalk board and chart
RATIONALE: This is lesson is on the history of local government in Zambia. Teacher Exposition,
Question and answer and group or class discussion methods will be used. This lesson will develop
learners knowledge’s about History of local government from 1964 to present .The value of Appreciation
of Appreciation of the decentralized system of government
LEARNING OUTCOMES: P.S.B.A.T:
 Explain the history of local government in Zambia
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE: Learners have ideas about the topic being taught.
LESSON INTRODUCTION: Brainstorming questions about the topic being taught will be used to
introduce the topic and to revise through the previous lesson
LESSON DEVELOPMENT

CONTENT TEACHER’S PUPIL’S METHODS

ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ZAMBIA

Local government before independence was ruled Teacher asks learners Learners attempt
by the British Colonial Administration through the To state the duties to state
central government and native authorities performed by natives
Question and
The native fell under the ministry of native affairs.
answer
-The native authorities consisted of chiefs and other
traditional leaders
The duties performed by natives included the;
-Collection of taxes.
- Issuing license such as dog, store and bicycle
licenses.
-Chiefs performed some judicial functions such as
handling civil cases at local courts.
-After 1964 the ministry of local government
became responsible for the administration of all
local authorities in the country.
-In 1965, a uniform pattern of local authorities
throughout the country was established under act
number 69 and there were city, municipal, township
and rural councils.
-Then in 1980, the local government
decentralization act was enacted. The act allowed
UNIP to take up full responsibility to control the
operations of all councils in Zambia.
-It was at this point when, District Governors
appointed by the president took over from the
mayors and chairpersons and all councils in the
country became district councils

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Reasons for the 1980 decentralisation were
-Reduce delays as most decisions could be made on
the spot instead of referring to headquarters.
-Make plans and programmes more relevant to
Learners listen
local needs and conditions
and ask questions
-Improve co-ordination between different
government agencies in the area.
- Reduce the burden of senior staff at national level Teacher explains the Teacher
in order to improve their performance. reasons for the 1980 exposition/
-The district council administration was headed by decentralisation and Question and
the district executive secretary and supported by allows learners to Answer
secretaries. ask questions
-In 1991, the decentralisation Act was amended and
it introduced three types of local councils, these
were; City, municipal and district councils. Town
Clerks and Mayors are found in City and Municipal
Councils while Council Secretary and Council
Chairpersons are found in District councils.
-This has continued to present. The MMD
government wanted to give more powers to the
councils so that there was less dependence on
central government for funds.
-And this made the councils to operate freely
without interference from political parties

Functions of local councils are

-Providing clean and safe water.
-Providing accommodation and plots for
development.
-Maintaining the environment.
-Collecting levies.
- Making by-laws.
-Providing education facilities and control The class listens
epidemics such as cholera. attentively to the
-Awarding trading license to people. discussion
-Sewage disposal.
Providing street lighting.
-Maintaining streets and roads. The teacher initiate class
discussion on the GROUP/CLASS
-Maintaining graveyards.
functions of local DISCUSSION
-Controlling livestock movements. councils
-Constructing and maintaining markets.
-Town planning.
-Providing recreation facilities such as swimming
pools and parks.

Lesson conclusion: Tr to revise through the lesson with learners to help remedial learners
HOMEWORK/CLASS EXERCISE

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1.state the duties performed by native authorities
2.what were the reasons for the 1980 decentralisation
3.list four functions of local councils
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