Prof. R. Bukaliya
Academic Qualifications
- Richard Bukaliya is an Associate Professor teaching at the Zimbabwe Open University in the Faculty of Education. He is the Mashonaland East Regional Campus Programme Coordinator in the Department of Teacher Development, responsible for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Development, Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Diploma in Education (Primary).
- He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management (ZOU), Master`s Degree in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies (ZOU), Bachelor of Education in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies (UZ), Certificate in Education (UZ), Diploma in Personnel Management (IPMZ), Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management (IPMZ), Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (ZOU) and a Certificate in Module Writing (ZOU). Professor Bukaliya is a Member of the Consortium of Senior Scholars of the University of Lusaka, Zambia.
- He is also a part time faculty member of UNICAF, Cyprus and Botswana Open University, among others.
- His research interests include issues in educational management, primary and secondary education and distance education.
- He has published 64 research articles in international peer reviewed journals and six book chapters to his name and has presented more than 15 research papers at conferences in several African countries and in Europe.
- The published papers are in areas that include primary and secondary education, distance education and educational management.
- He is on the review boards of several international research journals which include the International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, The International Journal of Educational Research, Greener Journals, Global International Publication House and the Global Research Journal of Education and Sumeranz Journal of Education, Linguistics and Literature.
- He is the Executive Editor of Spring Journals. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Educational Research. Locally, he is a member of the Zimbabwe Academic and Non-fiction Authors Association, where he is the current Mashonaland East Vice Chairperson.
He can be contacted on email: bukaliyar@zou.ac.zw or bukaliar@gmail.com and cell numbers 0733686818/0712501766/0774289637