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Professor Ngwabi Bhebe to leave MSU
01 May 2016 at 02:41hrs | Views
MIDLANDS State University founding Vice-Chancellor Professor Ngwabi Bhebe will step down from the helm of the higher learning institution at the end of the year, it has been learnt.
The Government has since advertised the post of the Vice-Chancellor which will soon be vacant. The university council chairman, Mr Canaan Dube is also leaving the institution almost at the same time with Prof Bhebe after almost 17 years.
"The Council of Midlands State University, in consultation with the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, invites applications for the position of Vice-Chancellor," reads part of the advert which is already being run in the media.
The institution has grown in leaps and bounds since its first enrolment in 1999 and has opened four campuses and learning centres in the country while plans are afoot to open new campuses in Lupane and Kwekwe as it proliferates its jurisdiction to outside Midlands Province.
MSU now boasts of a total enrolment of nearly 23 000 students drawn from faculties of Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Law.
Mr Dube told an inter-stakeholders interface meeting recently that they will not be renewing their contracts which will come to an end at the end of November.
"I wish to take this opportunity to inform you our valued stakeholders that both the Vice-Chancellor and myself having served this institution for over 17 years and as such it is time to take leave during the course of this year.
"We believe we have fought a good fight and this is thus far the Lord has taken us. The Vice-Chancellor's contract expires on 30 November while I will step down on 30 October and at this point we want to set it on record that we do not wish to renew our contracts," said Mr Dube.
MSU started in 1999 with 400 students and has grown to become the largest university in the country in terms of enrolment. Prof Bhebe obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Geography from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) in 1967. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Imperial History from the University of London in 1972.
A celebrated historian Prof Bhebe's academic employment dates back to 1974 when he lectured history at Faurah Bay College in Sierra Leone, and later at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) as well as at the University of Zimbabwe from 1982.
He served as professor of History at the University of Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1999, and also as external examiner at the universities of Botswana, Malawi and Zambia. Prof Bhebe is a researcher who has published extensively and has to his name several books as well as articles in internationally refereed journals.
Prof Bhebe also served as chairperson of the University of Zimbabwe's History Department from 1989 to 1992, and in the Research Board from 1984 to 1991. He also served as senior proctor and ultimately Pro Vice-Chancellor of the same university from 1992 to 1995. In 1999, Prof Bhebe was appointed as founding Vice-Chancellor of Midlands State University.
The Government has since advertised the post of the Vice-Chancellor which will soon be vacant. The university council chairman, Mr Canaan Dube is also leaving the institution almost at the same time with Prof Bhebe after almost 17 years.
"The Council of Midlands State University, in consultation with the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, invites applications for the position of Vice-Chancellor," reads part of the advert which is already being run in the media.
The institution has grown in leaps and bounds since its first enrolment in 1999 and has opened four campuses and learning centres in the country while plans are afoot to open new campuses in Lupane and Kwekwe as it proliferates its jurisdiction to outside Midlands Province.
MSU now boasts of a total enrolment of nearly 23 000 students drawn from faculties of Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Law.
Mr Dube told an inter-stakeholders interface meeting recently that they will not be renewing their contracts which will come to an end at the end of November.
"I wish to take this opportunity to inform you our valued stakeholders that both the Vice-Chancellor and myself having served this institution for over 17 years and as such it is time to take leave during the course of this year.
"We believe we have fought a good fight and this is thus far the Lord has taken us. The Vice-Chancellor's contract expires on 30 November while I will step down on 30 October and at this point we want to set it on record that we do not wish to renew our contracts," said Mr Dube.
MSU started in 1999 with 400 students and has grown to become the largest university in the country in terms of enrolment. Prof Bhebe obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Geography from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) in 1967. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Imperial History from the University of London in 1972.
A celebrated historian Prof Bhebe's academic employment dates back to 1974 when he lectured history at Faurah Bay College in Sierra Leone, and later at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) as well as at the University of Zimbabwe from 1982.
He served as professor of History at the University of Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1999, and also as external examiner at the universities of Botswana, Malawi and Zambia. Prof Bhebe is a researcher who has published extensively and has to his name several books as well as articles in internationally refereed journals.
Prof Bhebe also served as chairperson of the University of Zimbabwe's History Department from 1989 to 1992, and in the Research Board from 1984 to 1991. He also served as senior proctor and ultimately Pro Vice-Chancellor of the same university from 1992 to 1995. In 1999, Prof Bhebe was appointed as founding Vice-Chancellor of Midlands State University.
Source - sundaynews
