Education
University of Kentucky.
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University of Kentucky.
In July 2013 he began as the eighth Headmaster at The Groton School He previously served as the Dean of Faculty and Assistant Head for Academics at Phillips Academy, Andover. He served as director of (Mississippi)2, a program that addresses math and science needs for African American, Latino, and Native American high school students. Maqubela launched the American Council on Exercise Scholars Program, which tackles the preparation gap among gifted students, and took the lead on Andover’s Global Perspectives Group, which focuses on global education for students and faculty.
Education and Maqubela is a graduate of University of Ibadan (Bachelor of Science), and University of Kentucky (Mississippi).
In 1976, when only 17 years old, Maqubela escaped South Africa and went into exile. He taught at public school in New York City before teaching at Phillips Academy.
As of 2013, Maqubela has been instated as the eighth headmaster of Groton School as well as an organic chemistry teacher. Maqubela serves on the Board of South Africa Partners, which builds mutually beneficial partnerships between the United States and South Africa in the areas of health and education.
He is also a current Board Advisor for the African Leadership Academy, a pan-African secondary institution that aims to educate and develop outstanding students into principled, ethical leaders for Africa.
Maqubela"s wife Vuyelwa Maqubela, is the daughter of R.L. Peteni, educator and author of Hill of Fools. The first novel written in both English and Xhosa. She was an English teacher at Phillips Academy until the pair moved to Groton School, and a Board Member at Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that promotes Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome education and prevention in Africa.
Vuyelwa now teaches English at Groton School
He is the grandson of Z.K. Matthews, a celebrated South African scholar, educator, and activist.
Over the course of his 26-year tenure at Phillips Academy, Maqubela served as a member of the advisory committee, as Chair of the Chemistry department, and as a chemistry teacher.