VC Installation Keynote Address – Inyangala, Beatrice Muganda, PhD, CBS

Inyangala, Beatrice Muganda, PhD, CBS is the Principal Secretary, State Department for Higher Education and Research, Ministry of Education, Kenya Dr Beatrice Muganda Inyangala is a passionate educator and leader who is committed to transforming higher education and its impact on the continent and globally. Prior to her appointment, she worked for the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR); a Pan-African not-for-profit organisation, for eleven years, and exited as the Deputy Executive Director. Her accomplishments through the Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL) project are internationally acclaimed. She has extensive knowledge of actors, issues, challenges and opportunities in African higher education and has trained over 3,000 teaching staff in 91 universities in eleven African countries in innovative pedagogies. She has contributed immensely to the formulation of education policy and participated in education policy debates within the region and globally: Association of African Universities; EU-Africa policy dialogues; London School of Economics Africa Summit, among others. She holds a B.Ed and M. Phil in Planning and Economics of Education, Moi University, Kenya; a PhD from the University of Athens, and has received further training at the International Institute of Educational Planning in Paris, France.