ADEOTI EZEKIEL OLADELE

History and International Relations

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#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (History)	History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	1995

Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin as Education Policy Maker and Administrator:

Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin was a Nigerian educationist, community leader, politician and statesman whose ramified influence had helped shape the course of Nigerian history. This paper examined his role in the educational advancement of his people and nation. The paper adopted narrative and analytical method of historical research. While the paper noted the remarkable role of Ajasin as a teacher, educational policy maker and administrator; it also highlighted Ajasin landmark achievements and assessed the impact of same on Nigeria’s socio-economic and political progress. It argued that Ajasin as a politician used his political platform to promote the cause of education for the overall benefit of the Nigerian people.  Finally, it concluded that Ajasin deployed his time, energy, goodwill connection and resources for the uplift of the human folk as expressed in many of his activities, pronouncements and advocacy as an educational community leader and governor, thus leaving behind an enduring legacy in education for generations yet unborn.

Keywords: Ajasin, Education policy, Imade College, Ondo State, study group

ADEOTI EZEKIEL is a Professor at the Department of History and International Relations

ADEOTI has a Ph.D in History from History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria