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

Name: Education and Government Control in Zimbabwe A Study of the Commissions of Inquiry, 1908-1974
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ISBN: 9780275931704

ISBN-10: 0275931706

ISBN-13: 9780275931704

Edition: 1990

Authors: Dickson Mungazi [Deceased]

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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…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/19/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 154
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


The Introduction of Western Education in Zimbabwe: The Search for a Strategy of Control Circumstances Surrounding the Naming of Commissions: The Beginning of Government Control


The Findings of the Commissions: The Structure of Government Control


The Recommendations of the Commissions: The Purpose of Government Control Implementing the Recommendations of the Commissions: The Effect of Government Control Case Study in Conflict Between the Government and the Africans: Inquiry into the Effect of Government Control


The Outcome of the Reports of the Commissions: Church-State Conflict over Government Control Commissions of Inquiry and Government Control: Summary, Conclusions, and Implications


Bibliography


Index