Charity Meki-Kombe
Vita
Dr Charity Meki-Kombe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at Mulungushi University in Zambia and Director of Postgraduate Studies, where she oversees quality assurance and postgraduate affairs across the university. She holds a PhD in Educational Management, Law, and Policy from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship there. Prior to joining academia, she worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Examinations Council of Zambia, serving as National Coordinator for the Grade 2 National Assessment Survey, and as a Community Education Officer at the Zambia Anti-Corruption Commission. Her research focuses on policy and programme implementation and evaluation, the internationalization of higher education with an emphasis on doctoral education, educational assessment, and gender issues. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, contributed book chapters, and presented at regional and international conferences. She has supervised multiple Master's and PhD students to completion and serves as an external examiner for several universities in Zambia and South Africa. Dr Meki-Kombe has consulted for UNESCO, the University of Leeds, the Zambia National Education Coalition, and the Australian Council for Educational Research, where she served as a PISA Quality Monitor in 2025. She is team co-leader for the NMT-QA Zambia Project. She is a SUSI Scholar, a Tuks Young Research Leader at the University of Pretoria, a Salzburg Global Fellow, and an alumna of the DAAD DIES TrainIQA programme. Her awards include selection as an alumni representative for the SUSI scholars' workshop in Italy and the Labour Day Award for contributions to higher education in Zambia. Beyond academia, she founded the Youth Innovation Initiative to empower unemployed teachers through entrepreneurship training and has organised outreach programmes including a medical expo with UNESCO and the Ministry of Health. She serves on the Northrise University Board and Graduate Women Zambia,and is Editor-in-Chief of the Mulungushi University Multidisciplinary Journal.
Training's expertise
- Academic leadership,Curriculum development,Internationalisation,Quality assurance
Spoken languages
- English
Country of residence
- Zambia
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Contact
The DIES NMT programme is coordinated by the Centre for Quality Development (ZfQ), University of Potsdam. more
