New Dean appointed in Faculty of Education

Posted on June 01, 2016

Prof Chika Sehoole has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Education as from 1 June 2016. He will succeed Prof Irma Eloff, who has decided to step down after having served two terms as Dean.  

Prof Sehoole, who has been Head of the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies since 2011, previously held the positions of Chief Director: Higher Education Policy and Development Support, and Chief Director: Higher Education Planning and Management Support in the National Department of Education.

He obtained a BA degree in Pedagogics at the University of the North (now part of the University of Limpopo) and a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of the Witwatersrand before completing a master’s degree and, in 2002, a PhD in Education.

Prof Sehoole commenced his academic career as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at UP in 2001. In 2007 he was promoted to associate professor. He was subsequently seconded to the National Department of Education, where he held various chief directorships until 2010.

He has published extensively in the field of higher education and is the author or co-authored of a number of published peer-reviewed policy briefs, chapters in scholarly volumes and articles in accredited journals in his fields of research specialisation.

Between June 2013 and June 2014 he served on a task team of the Council on Higher Education, which conducted a 20-year review of the status of higher education in South Africa, and between 2012 and 2013 he participated in a research initiative of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which focused on governance in higher education.

He is an NRF-rated scientist and maintains a number of active research collaborations nationally and internationally. He has also been involved in various outreach projects in local communities.

- Author Faculty of Education

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