Today, Zambia has a variety of schools, among which are those that are government, grant-aided, and private. Government schools operate entirely as public schools. Grant-aided schools which began in 1925 receive a subsidy from government. Private schools are largely autonomous though they are subject to government regulations. As there are different types of school, so also there are different levels of school, namely, primary schools which cater for children in Grades 1–7, basic schools have Grades 1–9, and high schools carry Grades 10–12. In so far as one could make large-scale comparisons, one might say that the Zambian setting resembles Britain more than the USA in terms of relationship between church and state in the educational sphere. Church-related institutions are seen and even supported financially as partners in promoting the common good in Zambia somewhat as is also the case in Britain and elsewhere (McLaughlin et al., 2000, p. 54; Grace, 2002c, p. 427).
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Carmody, B. (2007). Catholic Church and State Relations in Zambian Education: A Contemporary Analysis. In: Grace, G., O’Keefe, J. (eds) International Handbook of Catholic Education. International Handbooks of Religion and Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5776-2_28
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