TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: OLUSOLA THOMAS

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER 

SPECIALISATION: EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

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.)

 Personal Statement 

I am a Senior Lecturer with over 20 years of experience in higher education and my areas of research interest span across Human Resource Management, School and Office Administration, and Educational Management Information System. My work focuses on contributing to capacity building, school assessments and staff performance. I have developed, facilitated, and managed numerous training plans and process improvement initiatives in a wide range of situations I have mentored young university undergraduates with passion and ability for entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Apart from my research and classroom experience, I have served in other numerous areas which include Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator and Deputy Director, Institute of Continuing Education, University of Lagos. I am committed to principles of school administration and staff professional development.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Board member, African Sustainable Development Network (ASDN) and an Intern Sub Coordinator for Get the Child to School (GCS) of the Low Income School Foundation
• Mentor Project METAL (Make Every Teacher a Leader) and Infinix Educational Foundation Coordinator for Women Practitioners in Educational Management (Lagos Chapter)
• Research Team Lead for Forum for African Women Educationalist, (FAWE).  
• Member of Nigerian Association of Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP) an affiliate of the Commonwealth Council for Education Administration and Management (CCEAM)
• Award for Effective Service Delivery, Quality Assurance and Servicom Unit, University of  Lagos, 2021
• Remarkable Mentor, Project Make Every Teacher a Leader (METAL)

Selected Most Recent Publications/Contributions to Knowledge

1. Adeyanju, J.A, Thomas, O.A & Taiwo, S.A. (2024). Headship structure and secondary school effectiveness in Lagos Mainland Local Government of Lagos State.  Nigerian   Journal of Teacher Education and Development, 2 (1), 393-400. Official Journal of Committee of Deans of Education in Nigerian Universities (CODENU).
2. Thomas, O.A. & Abanikannda, M.O. (2023). Transforming teaching and learning through ICT: The role of academic staff in the new normal. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 19 (1), 152-162. Published by Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies.
3. Thomas, O.A. (2022). Managing staff development for e-learning in tertiary institutions. In M.B. Ubangha, A.O. Adeosun & M.A. Oladejo (Eds.), Learning: The all-inclusive concept(pp. 437-450).  Lagos: University of Lagos Press and Bookshop.
4. Thomas, O.A. (2021). Digitalised entrepreneurship education in higher institutions: Pathways to preparing Nigerian graduates for the labour market. In S.A. Oladipo, A.O.Adeosun, T.E. Owoyemi, E.B. Anyikwa, M.O. Ogunsemore & S.O. Adeniyi (Eds.), Education in a rapidly changing world (pp.263-378). Lagos: University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Ltd.
5. Thomas, O.A, Adeyanju, J., Popoola, B.J. and Odewale, T.R. (2020). Competency training needs of lecturers for effective E-learning instructional delivery in teacher education programs in South-West, Nigeria. The Journal of Negro Education, 89 (2), 136-145. Published by the School of Education, Howard University.

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Prof Tayo Subair, Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile Ife, Nigeria
2. Dr M.O. Abanikannda,  Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
3. O. Olusunmade, Scorpiosis Leadership Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
4. Bridget Ellani, Infinix Foundaion, Lagos, Nigeria
5. Dr Gaye Tyler Merrick, Nottingham Trent University, England