The Ministry of General Education is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of General Education and oversees primary and secondary education. Tertiary and vocational education is overseen by the Ministry of Higher Education, which was split from the main ministry in 2015.[1]

List of ministers

Minister Party Term start Term end
Minister of African Education
Gabriel MusumbulwaUnited Federal Party19591961
Alfred GondweCentral Africa Party19611962
Edson Mwamba19621962
Harry NkumbulaNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress19621964
Minister of Education
John MwanakatweUnited National Independence Party19641967
Arthur WinaUnited National Independence Party19671968
Wesley NyirendaUnited National Independence Party1968
Fwanyanga MulikitaUnited National Independence Party19731976
Minister of General Education
David MabumbaPatriotic Front20162020
Dennis WanchingaPatriotic Front2020

Deputy ministers

Deputy Minister Party Term start Term end
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of African Education
Chiwala BandaNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress19621964
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education
William NkanzaUnited National Independence Party19641967
Charles ThornicroftUnited National Independence Party19641967
Miselo KapikaUnited National Independence Party19681968
Deputy Minister of Education
Clement SinyindaMovement for Multi-Party Democracy20072011
Deputy Minister Party Term start Term end
Minister of State for Technical Education
Charles ThornicroftUnited National Independence Party19671968

References

  1. ↑ About Ministry of Higher Education

https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/07/29/president-lungu-has-fired-general-education-minister-david-mabumba-with-immediate-effect/

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