Professor Rungano Jonas Zvobgo (born 1948) is the Vice Chancellor of

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. His second term ends in 2022. Prior to this position, Professor Zvobgo had been Principal of Gweru Teacher's College and subsequently the first deputy vice chancellor of

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. Professor Zvobgo is also a representative of the southern region for the

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(AAU).

Background

Professor Zvobgo comes from one of

's most illustrious families. His most famous brother, Dr Eddison Zvobgo, was a founding member of ZANU, and his other brother, Professor Chengetayi Zvobgo, was a renowned historian at the

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. Both brothers are now late. Their father was a prominent leader in the Dutch Reformed Church in the

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area.

Career

Being a member of a political family meant that the younger Zvobgo, like his older brothers, lived in exile in the 1970s. He first studied in India, and eventually obtained a PhD in Educational Studies from the

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in 1980 presenting the thesis ''Government and missionary policies on African secondary education in Southern Rhodesia: with special reference to the Anglican and Wesleyan Methodist churches, 1934-1971''. He then returned to

after independence and worked at various institutions of higher education. When Gweru Teacher's College where he presided over as Principal was upgraded into a state university he became a member of the founding executive as deputy vice chancellor. Zvobgo is a renowned educationist.

Publications

*''Transforming Education: The Zimbabwean Experience'' (College Press, 1986) *''Colonialism and Education in Zimbabwe'' (SAPES, 1994) *''The State, Ideology and Education'' (Mambo Press, 1997) *''The Post-colonial State and Educational Reform'' (ZPH, 1999) *''Contextualising the Curriculum: The Zimbabwean Experience'' (College Press, 2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zvobgo, Rungano 1948 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Edinburgh