Levi Nyagura

Prof Levi Nyagura, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe.

Levi M. Nyagura is a Zimbabwean academic. He was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe in January 2003 and was subsequently reappointed for a second and third term, the latter of which ends in December 2017. ^[1]

Education & Career

Levi Nyagura holds has a PhD in Education from an American university - Southern Illinois University. He has a background as a Mathematics Teacher; he graduated with a BSc degree in Mathematics in the United Kingdom and went on to complete a Graduate Certificate of Education at the University of Zimbabwe and later an MSc degree with the University of South Africa before doing his PhD in the United States.^[2]

Controversies

Levi Nyagura controversially awarded a PhD degree to Grace Mugabe in 2014. ^[3]

In 2015 Levi Nyagura controversially fired a senior university staffer Senior Assistant Registrar Ngaatendwe Takawira for allegedly procuring a small cap for Robert Mugabe which failed to fit during a graduation ceremony he officiated as Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe in October 2015; a decision later reversed by a Zimbabwean court. ^[4]

Levi Nyagura has been widely criticized for presiding over the University of Zimbabwe's decline characterized by a failure to retain staff because of poor remuneration, politicization of the institution, purges of independent minded academics, and purges of senior academics who protested Levi Nyagura's leadership style. ^[5] Levi Nyagura reportedly boasts of his penchant for firing staff and not renewing contracts.^[6]

Publications

Levi Nyagura has published mainly on teacher^[7] and student performance^[8] in Zimbabwe's schools, as well as overall school performance.^[9]

References

1. ↑ University of Zimbabwe. "About UZ". Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
2. ↑ "Levi Nyagura Profile". University of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 
3. ↑ Owen, Gagare. "Nyagura under fire over Grace's PhD". The Zimbabwe Independent. Alpha Media Holdings. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 
4. ↑ Mutsaka, Farai. "Zimbabwean university staffer suspended in small cap mishap". Yahoo News. Yahoo. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 
5. ↑ Newsday, Editorial. "University of Zimbabwe integrity at lowest ebb". News Day. Alpha Media Holdings. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 
6. ↑ Ncube, Xolisani. "University of Zimbabwe to lay off 700 workers". News Day. Alpha Media Holdings. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 
7. ↑ Nyagura, L.M.; Reece, J.C. (1990). "Teacher quality in Zimbabwe secondary schools" (PDF). Zimbabwe Journal of Education Research. Harare: Human Resources Research Centre University of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
8. ↑ Riddell, A.R.; Nyagura, L.M. (1991). What Causes Differences in Achievement in Zimbabwe's Secondary Schools? (PDF). New York: World Bank. p. 55. ASIN B0006EZFX2. 
9. ↑ Nyagura, L.M. (1991). "A Comparative Analysis Of The Quality of Primary Education In Zimbabwe By School Type" (PDF). Zimbabwe Journal of Education Research. Harare: Human Resources Research Centre University of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2009-01-04.