OKONKWO, Chuka

were groomed lo lake Cambridge School Certificate in Class 4 instead of Class 5 for the normal students.) • Alvan Ikoku College of Education- among the pioneer set of students when the programme was introduced) University of Buffalo New York City, USA. Work Experience • Research Assistant on Language Education and Language Policy Studies at Buffalo Summer 1976 Spring 1978 • Consultant on African Studies Programme to the Buffalo Board of Education September 1877 May 1978. • Lecturer in Language Education Policy Studies at the State University College. Buffalo. New York September 1977 to May 1978 • Lecturer, Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri. July 1978 July 1979 • Lecturer/Professor of Education . Imo State University . Owerri August 1999 date • Royal Father and Traditional Ruler of Elugwu Okabia Autonomous Community and Member of Imo State House of Traditional Rulers ( Ndi Eze) Academic and Social Positions • Chairman. Research and Publications Committee AICE 1981 1995 • Member. Ceremonials Committee AICE 1979 1996 • Member Ceremonials Committee . Imo state University 2000 date Secretary. GCUOBA- Government College Umuahia Old Boys Association. Owerri Branch 1981 1985 • National Secretary. Umuhu Okabia Development Union 1985 1995 • Secretary General. Orlu Zuru Mee 1991 2002 • Director Umuhu Okabia Community Bank 1991 1995 Chairman Imo State Library Board 1986 1989 • Dean of Education AICE September 1991 August 1994. September 1998 December 1999 • Deputy Provost (Academic) AICE Owerri March 1996 August 1998 • Director. Centre for Continuing Education Programme ( ICEP) Imo State University September 2000 till date • Member. Secondary Education Management Board Imo State March 1993 August 1995 • Member. Board of Directors Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council NERDC March 1991 July 1995 • Member. Board of Directors. Imo Stale Sports Council January 1990 - December 1992 • Chairman. Poverty Alleviation Committee. Imo State February 2001 - December 2003 • A Justice of the Peace JP and the Traditional Ruler. Elugwu Okabia Autonomous Community with the Title. Eze Akariam N Ugwn 1 of Elugwu Okabia Contributions to Knowledge This include 23 articles in learned journals ( Nigeria and Overseas) Sixteen books authored, edited and co-edited some of which are: Primary Education in Nigeria: Issues and Administration. International University Press, 1991 Comparative Education, Central Books Publishers Ltd, 1992 Fundamental Concepts in Education. Totan Publishers Ltd. 1989 Teacher Education in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. N. Cajec Publishers, 1996 The Teacher and Teaching Lemmy Graphic Press, 1997 Education for Self-Reliance and National Development NAEAP & FESTA Publishers, 1992 Sociology of Education for Nigeria Total PRECISION-Making. International Universities Press 1998 Functions of Language ( Versatile Publishers, 2003 Forty-Two Chapters in books authored, edited and co-edited by himself and in books edited by his colleagues in Nigeria. Overseas Forty six papers read at learned conferences, seminars and workshops Editor-in-Chief of two major journals- as well as an editorial adviser to many other journals: Two monographs- Language in African Education Published by the Council on International Education . Buffalo. New York 1979 and Mobilising the Rural Dwellers For Effective National Development- a Community of Friends First Annual Lecture Publication. 1987 His hobbies are Reading and Writing. Source Publication: The Igbo Icon