Elias Rajabalala MathipaProfessor ER Mathipa, holds the following professional and academic qualifications: a Junior Secondary Teacher's Certificate (Hebron Training Institute); a BA degree (Unisa); a B.Ed. degree, and a BA Hons degree (former University of Bophuthatswana, ow Northwest University); an MEd (former Vista University), and PhD (University of Pretoria). He has taught at several high schools and rose through the ranks as a teacher, senior teacher, head of department, deputy principal and principal. He then joined colleges of education as Vice-Rector and later as Rector, and later on joined universities (1995) as a professor. Currently he is working at Unisa's Department of Language Education, Arts and Culture and specialises in Philosophy of Education and Educational Management. Read More Read Less