The Governing Council, Adeyemi College of Education Ondo, has approved the appointment of Dr. Abayomi Olufemi Olajuyigbe as the Acting Provost of the College with effect from Thursday, 11th May, 2023.
Olajuyigbe, a Chief Lecturer in the Department of Biology, hails from Efon Alaaye in Ekiti State. He was born in 1960.
He holds the Bachelor of Science and Master’s degree in Microbiology, Postgraduate Diploma in Education and Diploma in Computer Studies and he bagged his PhD in Microbiology in year 2010.
Olajuyigbe joined the College as Lecturer II on 28th August, 1997 and had served in several capacities such as the Deputy Provost from 1st July 2011 to 30th June; 2015; Dean, Student Affairs, from 1st August, 2010 to 30th June 2011; Director, Ventures and Linkages, 1st March 2013- 10th July, 2014; Coordinator, (Winding down) World Bank Sponsored Science and Technology Education Post Basic (STEP-B) Project from July 2013 to June 2014; Head of Department, Biology, 1st August, 2004 to 31st July 2006; 1st August 2009 to 31st July 2010; Acting Head, Department of Biology, from 1st August, 1999 to 31st July, 2003.
Dr. Olajuyigbe was a one-time Acting Provost of the College from 23rd June, 2014 to 16th October, 2014 and has been a member of the College Governing council at different times before his present appointment.
He is widely travelled and has over 30 publications to his name in reputable international and local journals.
Dr Olajuyigbe is a member of the following professional associations and bodies: Nigeria Society for Microbiology, World Aquaculture Society, Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria and Nigeria Society of Experimental Biology.
He is happily married to Mrs. Adekemi Olajuyigbe, a Chief Lecturer in the Department of English in the College and they are blessed with children.
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