{"id":13763,"date":"2017-03-03T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13763"},"modified":"2017-05-25T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T09:48:27","slug":"omotoso-dr-samuel-oyedokun","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/omotoso-dr-samuel-oyedokun\/","title":{"rendered":"OMOTOSO, Dr. Samuel Oyedokun"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA, Ph.D, university teacher, administrator, born April 4, 1934, Iree, Osun State; married Caroline Olasumbo Opeyokun 1961, three sons, one daughter; Education: Bap tist Day School, Alari, Ilaro, 1942-45, Bap tist DaySchool, Iree, 1946-49, Baptist Col lege, Ede, 1953-54, Baptist College, Iwo, 1957-58, Ohio University ICA Project for Tutors, 1961-62, University of Ibadan, 1963- 66, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA, 1973-74, Baylor University, Texas, USA, 1974-75, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 1975-76; Career: Appointed Teacher, Primary &#038; Teachers Colleges, 1950-78; Provost, Oyo State Col lege ofEducation, Ila Orangun, plus Oyo and Ibadan Campuses, 1979-85; SeniorLecturer, Guidance and Counselling, University of Ilorin, 1986-87; Secretary, Osun State Gov ernment, 1992-94; Director, Kiddie Varsity and Research Centre, Iree, since 1986; Pro prietor, Omotoso IDVARC Nursery\/Primary School, Iree;member, Executive Committee, Nigerian Baptist Convention, since 1986; member, World Council of Curriculum and Instruction; member, HaggaiInstitute, Mani, Hawaii, USA,1996;OrdainedDeacon, Bap tist Church, Ila Orangun;Traditional Title: Babalaje of Ila Orangun, since 1982; Awards\/Honours: Recipient, Certificate of Distinction Merit Award for Dedication to Education Development by Government Council of Osun State Festival of Arts and Culture, 1997; recipient, Jerusalem Pilgrim of the Christian Faith, 1992; National Honour: Appointed Justice of thePeace by the Osun State Government, 1982; Publica tion: PracticalTeaching Tests &#8211; CluetoSuc cess, Baptist Press, Ibadan, 1969; The Ex emplary Pastor, A Biography of Reverend E.O. Agboola President, Baptist Conven tion, Baptist Press, Ibadan, 1969; Hints on Teaching Practice MacmWYian, Ibadan, 1978; Hobbies: singing, leading juvenile choir practice; Address: Kiddie Varsity and Re search Centre, P.O. Box 39, Iree, Osun State; Telephone: 035-680-068.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13763","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13763","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\/13763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13763"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}