Accreditation, Quality Assurance and Research Excellence in Universities

Pedzisai Goronga is a Senior Lecturer and Chairperson of the Department of Educational Foundations in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a PhD and Master of Education in Educational Psychology from the University of Pretoria. His research interests include quality assurance in education, resilience, gender and education, emotional intelligence, guidance and counselling, and the internationalisation of higher education. With extensive experience in primary school teaching and over a decade in academia, he has contributed significantly to teaching, research, postgraduate supervision, curriculum development, academic leadership, and scholarly publications on educational development and transformation.

Morine Matongo is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe. She holds a PhD and Master of Education in Sociology of Education. She teaches Sociology of Education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is committed to advancing scholarship on educational and social transformation. Her research interests include gender and education, social change, information and communication technologies (ICTs) in pedagogy, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKSs). With eighteen years of experience as a primary school teacher, she contributes to teaching, research, and community engagement aimed at fostering inclusive, culturally responsive, and socially relevant educational practices.

Memory Deredzai is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education at the University of Zimbabwe. She holds an MSc in Counselling Psychology from Great Zimbabwe University, a BSc Special Honours Degree in Psychology, a BSc in Monitoring and Evaluation from Lupane State University, a Bachelor of Education in Psychology, and a Diploma in Education. She is a Psychology Lecturer at Madziwa Teachers’ College and has over ten years of teaching experience. Her research interests include quality assurance, counselling, resilience, gender, emotional intelligence, and the wellbeing of marginalized populations.