ABSTRACT
The present boundaries of Zambia and the composition of her people have been shaped to a large extent by recent colonial history so that neither geographically nor ethnically, nor from the point of view of language, does the nation present a unified whole. The development of a workable language policy, which could help to bring about national unity, economic progress, educational advancement, and administrative stability in the particular setting of newly independent Zambia has faced many complex problems. The earliest missionaries to arrive in Zambia and to take up educational work were members of the Paris Evangelical Mission. Both at the primary and secondary levels much has been done since independence to bring the curriculum in line with Zambia's present needs, but much remains to be done to bring standards of language teaching to a high level in all schools. Teacher training continued to be an important focus of attention in Zambia.
