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The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. Principally, it seeks to contribute towards the current conversations on re-thinking education in postcolonial Sub-Saharan African (SSA) spaces and in the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is premised on the exigency to ensure that education in SSA is relevant. Secondly, this chapter is anchored on unpacking the relevance or irrelevance of education problematic.
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Makuvaza, N., Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2017). Unpacking the Relevance/Irrelevance Problematic of Eduation in Zimbabwe. In: Shizha, E., Makuvaza, N. (eds) Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-962-1_4
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