{"id":13581,"date":"2017-03-03T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T08:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13581"},"modified":"2017-11-21T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:30:37","slug":"omolewa-prof-michael","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/omolewa-prof-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"OMOLEWA, Prof. Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, Ph.D university teacher, linguist, born April 1, 1941 Ipoti-Ekiti, Ekiti State; married Yami Saptieu Adams 1976, two sons, two daugh ters; Education: Ibadan Grammar School, 1955-58, Ekiti Parapo High School, Ido- Ekiti, 1959-60, Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, 1962-63, UniversityofIbadan,1964-71, Uni versity of London, 1968-70; Career: Ap pointed Assistant Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1971-73; Lecturer, 1973-77; Senior Lecturer, Unibadan, 1977-82; Dean, Faculty of Education, Unibadan, 1985-87; appointed Professor and Head, Department of Adult Education, since 1982; Chairman, Commit tee of Deans of Education in Nigeria, 1983- 87; External Examiner, University of Botswana; University of Ghana, Legon; Uni versity of Sierra Leone; Obafemi Awolowo University; University of Benin; University of Ilorin &#038; Bayero University, Kano; Na tional Secretary, Nigerian National Council for Adult Education, 1983-87; National President, 1987; West Africa Co-orcjinator, International Council for Distance Education, 1985; Vice-Chairman, African Association for Literacy and Adult Education, 1987; Chairman, Education Sector, Nigerian Na tional Commission for UNESCO; member, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, 1988-92; Foreign Honour: Recipient, Spe cial Citation of J. Roby Kidd Award for Dis tinguished Service to Adult Education by In ternational Council for Adult Education, 1985; Publications: Certificate History of Nigeria, Longman, Lagos, 1986;Adult Edu cation Practice in Nigeria. Evans, Ibadan, 1981; The Life and Times of Late Chief Oyesina; Handbook ofLiteracy Education in West Africa, Longman, Lagos; The Right to Learn: RoleofNon-Formal Education in Nigeria, NNCAE, Ibadan; Retrospect and Renewal: TheState ofAdult Education Re search inAfrica, UNESCO, Dakar, 1998; Lit eracy, Tradition &#038; Progress, UNESCO, Hamburg, 1998; Hobbies: travelling, music, reading, praying &#038; worshipping; Official Address: Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State; Telephone: 02-810-2754; Home: 20, Sankore Avenue, University of Ibadan, Oyo State; Telephone: 02-810-2754.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,2398,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13581","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-diplomat","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13581","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13581"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}