Queendoleen Idongesit OBINAJU

Peter's Parish, UNIUYO, 1987-94; National Coordinator, African Child Foundation Nig, since 1996; She has made a rare contribution to the development of the girl-child through establishment of school and provision of scholarship inter community; mm: Phi Delta Kappa; National Association of Professional Educators; National Association for Promoting Quality Education in Nigeria; National Association of Social Studies Educationists; National Council for Exceptional Children; Nigeria Society for Educational Psychologists; PanAfrican Anthropologists Association; Nigeria Academy of Education; State Coordinator.Association for Promoting Quality Education in Nigeria, 1993-97; National Financial Sec,National Council for Exceptional Children, since 1995; Resource Person Akwa Ibom State, UNICEF Sponsored Training for Headmasters on Better Schools Management; Matron, Catholic Women Organization, St. Peter's Parish, Uniuyo, 1994-2000; Resource Person, Min.of Women Affairs, Akwa Ibom State,since 1994;award: Award for Excellence in Child Development by Rainbow Kids Nig. Achievement, 1999; Merit Award by Abraham Memorial International School, 1999; Certificate of Recognition by Manta Village,Abak, 1999;WIN Excellence Award in Women Advancement by Women in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Branch, 200J; h: Jerusalem Pilgrim, 2002; publ: Early Childhood Education: Theory and Practice, Calabar Bon Universal, 1996; Introduction to Children's Literature, Lagos, Ivy Press Publishers Ltd., 1997; The Nigerian Child: His Education in a Sociological and Psychological Environment, Lagos, Ivy Press Ltd., 2000; Education and Manpower Development in Nigeria: Policies, Practices and their Impact, the Nigerian Nation: Nigerian Peoples and Cultures, Uyo, University Press, 2004; Multi-Lingualism and Early Childhood Education in Nigeria. Journal ofEducation Studies, 2002; Early Child Care for Survival, Growth and Development. A Pre-requisite for Universal Basic Education in Nigeria. Journal of Education, 2002; Forced Labour*MSlavery, A Paper presented at FAIWA Home Coming Delegates Conference at the Library Complex, Calabar, 2002; Parental Conceptions on Early Childhood Education in a Developing Community, A Paper Presented at a 2day Seminar/Workshop Organized for Primary School Teachers Abak LGA, 2003; The Nigerian Adolescent in the New Millennium, I•• National Conference of Nigeria Society for Educational Psychologists, held at Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, 2000; Trafficking inGirls: TheCross River/Akwa Ibom State Experiences, in Girl Power Initiative Seminar on Trafficking in Girls,held at Naval Hotel, Uyo, 2003; Globalization and Developing Economies,4*International Biennial Conference of National Association of Women Academic sheld at University of Uyo, Nigeria, 2004; tt: Nne di Oro Mma of Etiti-Nimo; Obong-Anwan Iberedum of Manta; hob:traveling, presentation of paper, off: Dept of Early Childhood/Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; tel: 08023028424,08059077212; phase 3,Ibom Hall Avenue, Uyo,Akwa Ibom State; e-m: [email protected];