{"id":10415,"date":"2017-02-13T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10415"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T09:50:32","slug":"okeke-dr-benjamin-s","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okeke-dr-benjamin-s\/","title":{"rendered":"OKEKE, Dr. Benjamin S"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, MA, Ph.D, educationist, born October 21, 1942; married Grace Akabogu 1966, three sons, two daughters; Education: CMS Central School, Ufuma, 1947-53, Okongwu Memorial Grammar School, Nnewi, 1954- 58, St Mark&#8217;s Teachers&#8217; Training College, Nibo-Nise, 1959-60, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963-66,1970-72, 1978-82; Career: Appointed Teacher, Okongwu Memo rial Grammar School, Nnewi, 1961-63; Tutor, Anglican Mission, 1966-70; Commissioner for Education, East Central State, 1970-74; Lecturer, Alvan Ikoku College of Education, 1974-85; Lecturer, University of Port Harcourt, since 1985; Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Management and Planning, University of Port Harcourt; Professor of Educational Management, University of Port Harcourt, till date; member, Commonwealth Council for Education Ad ministration; member, Full Gospel Businessmen&#8217;s Fellowship International, Uniport Chapter; member,Nigerian Association for Education Administration and Planning (NAEAP), 1986-90; member, Education Studies Association of Nigeria, (ESAN); member, Nigerian Education Research As sociation, (NERA); Chairman, Tradition and Culture, Ufuma Development Union (UDU); Publications: Teaching in Nigeria &#8211; A Case For Professionalization, New African Pub lication, Onitsha; Certificate Practical Biology, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1984; Education Planning in Nigeria, Africana FEP, Onitsha; Educational Management and Supervision, Fourth Dimension, Enugu; Hobbies: farming, football, lawn tennis; Official Address: Department of Educational Man agement and Planning, University of Port- Harcourt, P.O. Box 172, Choba, Port- Harcourt; Home: Idumesaro Estate, East- West Road, Rumokoro Junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10415","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10436,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10415\/revisions\/10436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10415"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}