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Dzingai Mutumbuka: Education Leadership through Crisis (Full Interview)

Dr. Dzingai Mutumbuka, Zimbabwe's first Minister of Education following independence, shares lessons from his experience taking charge of an education system that was racially segregated for years during colonialism and how education leaders today can respond to the COVID-19 crisis and the unique opportunity it poses. Part of the Education Leadership through Crisis video series: Join the Luminos Fund to hear from education leaders across the private sector, government, and civil society, bringing their past experience to bear on the current COVID-19 crisis. https://luminosfund.org/leadership-se... --------------------------------------- Key question segments: 1. (0:36) What was it like taking an education system from the start of independence in Zimbabwe onward? 2. (20:54) One of the continual challenges education ministers face is having adequate funding to effect system change. How were you able to pull together the resources that you needed in your tenure as Education Minister to accomplish the goals you set? 3. (27:00) Before Zimbabwe’s independence, you had very few resources. How did you operate in that circumstance? 4. (36:44) Winston Churchill once said, “Never waste a good crisis.” What is it about your journey that gave you the mindset and ability “not to waste a good crisis,” but instead to innovate and be creative? 5. (41:08) In the context of COVID-19, what would be your advice to education ministers right now trying to build their education systems back better? 6. (49:19) What are your thoughts on timing for children to go back to school? 7. (51:14) What messages or encouragement might you have for parents and children? 8. (57:08) What is your opinion of the visions cast by Julius Nyerere (1st Prime Minister of Tanganyika/1st President of Tanzania) and Kwame Nkrumah (1st Prime Minister and President of Ghana) on reforming the education system in African countries post-independence? How have we progressed since those visions were cast? 9. (1:09:30) What was your favorite book when you were growing up? What is it today?