Professor Chinsembu Gets the Nod for His Visionary Drive of the Higher Education Sector
By Dr. Martin Mushumba
Director – Quality Assurance
Higher Education Authority
The year 2025 has just started for many organisations. As a way of setting the 2025 agenda in motion, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on Monday 13th January, 2025, set up a virtual meeting with all principal officers of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Zambia. This meeting was addressed by the Director-General of HEA, Professor Kazhila Croffat Chinsembu.
While it was clear that the HEIs appreciated such a beginning, the clarity with which Professor Chinsembu spoke and set the goals for 2025 caught the attention of everyone. Calm, eloquent, and yet so assertive was his tone.
After this meeting, a number of those that attended the meeting phoned me appreciating how Professor Chinsembu had quickly settled and established his authority in the higher education subsector. This was heartwarming.
However, there was nothing surprising to those of us that have always known Professor Chinsembu’s passion for the higher education subsector. To many of us from the day, it was clear that he was the one coming to take the HEA top job, we knew that the sector had gotten itself the finest it could get. Like John the Baptist, we had to speak about the greater person who was coming and the need to clear his path.
Walking through this clear path, Professor Chinsembu has not disappointed. He has seamlessly fitted in the institution and the sector as a whole. This is so because he is a true champion of quality education. His unwavering commitment to strict institutional registration and accreditation of learning programmes.
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