TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF.

NAME: ADEOLA FUNMILOLA AFONJA

POSITION: PROFESSOR SPECIALISATION: MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION                                                              EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

Completion Date

MM/YYYY

FIELD OF STUDY

University of Ibadan- Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

B.Ed.

07/1985

Adult Education/History

University of Ibadan- Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

M.Ed.

09/1987

Adult Education

University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria

Ph.D.

06/2004

Adult Education
       
       

     Personal Statement

I am a researcher who is passionate about educating the rank and file of the workforce. I seek to make members of the labour force aware that the dynamic nature of the work environment and society at large is ever changing. To cope and sustain their personal and societal development, they must upskill, upgrade and refresh regularly. Through my research work, industry best practices are brought into the classroom to be sure that the products of the gown are fit and ready for the town.  The aim is to bring unemployment to the barest minimum by eradicating employers’ idea that graduates of the gown are unemployable and at the same time make the workforce of the nation one of the most educative in the world.

    Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

  • Chairperson – Teaching Practice Committee, Faculty of Education
  • Editor – Journal of Educational Thought
  • Journal Reviewer (Global Scientific Publishing)
  • Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge 
  1. Ayeni, A. O., Afonja, A. F., & Faloju, J. O. (2025). Harnessing Language, Adult

        Education, and Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in

        Lagos. In P. Ngulube (Ed.), Harnessing Indigenous Epistemologies for

        Sustainable Progress (pp. 341-366). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

        https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8447-3.ch016

  1. Afonja, A. F. & Iyaomolere, T. C. (2023). Assessment of Waste Recycling Literacy

         among Youth Scavengers in Lagos State, Nigeria. NMEC International Journal

         of Mass and Adult Literacy Education, 1(1), 111-125.

  1. Makanjuola, E.A., Afonja, A.F., & Ememe, P.I. (2023). Work Load and Job

           Satisfaction of University Staff in Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Continuing

           and Development Education, 3(1), 101-114.

  1. Afonja, A. F. & Okebiorun, J. O. (2022). The Role of Adult Education in Emergencies:  

         The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience. CEPRES Journal of Science & Innovative

          Studies, 3, 21-34 (Publication of CEPRES International University, Liberia)

  1. Afonja, A.F. (2022). Components of Communication and Effective Service Delivery  

           in Open Distance Learning Programmes in Southwest, Nigeria. Jurnal of  

          Pendidikan Nonformal, 17(2), 66-79.

Collaborators/ Networks(International inclusive

  1. K.K. Kazeem, University of Benin, Nigeria
  2. A.O. Ayeni, Department of Geography, UNILAG
  • A. Ajayi, LASUED