Education and Government Control in Zimbabwe: A Study of the Commissions of Inquiry, 1908-1974 - Couverture rigide

Mungazi [Deceased], Dickson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0275931706 ISBN 13 : 9780275931704

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1990

Synopsis

This pioneering study argues that the bitter civil war that thrust Zimbabwe into international headlines from 1966 to 1979 had its roots in the reports issued by the colonial commissions of inquiry into education. As the author explains in his introduction, these commissions and the reports they issued, which reinforced separate educational systems for African and white students, reached far beyond educational policy in their effects. Basing his work on original documents and materials which have not appeared in print before--most of which were only recently declassified by the government of Zimbabwe--the author shows the profound influence these reports had on government policy, on government control of opportunity in general, and on the relationships between and among institutions within the country.

Following an introductory overview, Mungazi turns to a discussion of the specific issues which the commissions were appointed to investigate. Separate chapters are then devoted to the circumstances surrounding the naming of commissions, their findings and recommendations, and the implications of implementing their recommendations on the character of colonial society itself. This chronological treatment enables the author to focus particularly on how the recommendations of the commissions constituted a sequence of developments that led inevitably to conflict. The final chapter draws some conclusions regarding the social environment that produced a major national conflict and discusses what might be learned from the tragic events that took place in Zimbabwe from 1966 to 1979.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DICKSON A. MUNGAZI is Associate Professor of Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275931706
• ISBN 13: 9780275931704
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 154
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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