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Why Ola Zed?
Young people have real questions about growing up, relationships, health and staying safe.
Too often, the answers come from rumours and guesswork, not trusted lessons.
With Ola Zed, we're changing that.
Learning in the app you already use
No app to download and no new login. Say Hi on WhatsApp and Ola Zed sends notes, videos and audio straight to your chat.
Life skills you'll use every day
Life Skills and Health Education covers the things other subjects skip. Ola Zed follows Zambia's LSHE syllabus, level by level, from Grade 4 to Form 4.
Simple menus, one tap at a time
Choose your group and school level once. Then tap through the menus to find notes, audio dramas, videos and past papers made for your level.
Services
Choose the service you would like to access:
Learners, teachers and parents each get their own menu, with resources for the level they chose.
Every past paper in your pocket
994 examination papers for Grades 7, 9 and 12, sent straight to your chat as PDFs you can open any time.
Here is your examination paper. Good luck with your revision!
Choose the examination grade:
Trusted content
Built on Zambia's LSHE syllabus
Every note sits under a topic in Zambia's Life Skills and Health Education syllabus, so learners, teachers and parents are all working from the same page.
What's inside
Everything you need, one chat away
- Read
- Listen
- Watch
- Past papers
- Helplines
Get started
Say Hi to Ola Zed
Free, private and always in your pocket. No app, no sign-up, just a chat.
- 1Save the number+260 96 293 1258
- 2Send “Hi” on WhatsAppAgree to receive messages
- 3Choose your levelThen tap Menu to explore
Yes, you
Answers to the questions that are hard to ask
Puberty, relationships, safety and more, explained in plain words
For everyone
Made for learners, teachers and parents
Topic notes, audio dramas and short videos for your level, whenever you have a few minutes.
LearnersTopic notes, teacher handouts and past papers to plan and teach your LSHE lessons.
TeachersSimple guides that help you start the conversation with your child at home.
ParentsA free helpline directory with support services in all 10 provinces.
EveryoneFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Ola Zed is for learners, teachers and parents in Zambia, from Grade 4 to Form 4. When you start, you choose your group and your school level, and Ola Zed shows you the resources made for you.
Life Skills and Health Education (LSHE) resources you can read, listen to or watch: topic notes, audio dramas and short videos. There are also past examination papers for Grades 7, 9 and 12, and a helpline directory for all 10 provinces. Teachers also get teacher handouts.
LSHE stands for Life Skills and Health Education. It covers topics like growing up, relationships, decision making, gender, health and staying safe. Ola Zed follows Zambia's LSHE syllabus for each level.
Save +260 96 293 1258 and send "Hi" on WhatsApp. Agree to receive messages, choose your group and your school level, then tap Menu to see what's available.
Yes. Ola Zed is free to use. You only need WhatsApp and some mobile data to open the files.
Ola Zed is a Ministry of Education and UNESCO collaboration, through the "Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future" programme.
Type MENU at any time to go back to your menu. To stop receiving messages, type STOP and choose "No, unsubscribe". You can start again whenever you like by sending a message.
If you are in danger right now, call the police on 999 or 112. If you are a child and need to talk to someone, call Childline on 116 for free. Lifeline 933 helps with abuse, violence or crisis. In Ola Zed, choose Helpline to find free support services in your province.