The Faculty of Education : a glance at its past, taking stock of its present and a vision for its future

Abstract

It was not without some degree of trepidation and hesitation that on July 12th of this year I formally embarked on my four-year term as Dean of this Faculty. You will, I am certain, forgive my initial fears and concerns once I have shared with you the following three reasons. First of all, it is a long-established fact that our Faculty is by far the largest faculty at our University. Its 'largeness' reaches out in more directions than one! We have, hands down, the largest number of full-time and part-time students registered on our wide-ranging programmes. In addition to this, and understandable so, we make up the largest college of permanent and temporary members of academic statl'. It is often said that 'big is beautiful' -that may or may not be the case depending on how one looks at things. 'Big' brings with it more responsibilities and more, far more, problems, headaches and heartburn.