TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF.

NAME: SULE Sheidu Atokolo

POSITION: Professor

SPECIALISATION: Educational Administration & Planning

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 Calabar, Calabar, CRS, Nigeria

B.Ed.

10/1998

Educational Administration

University of Calabar , Calabar, CRS, Nigeria

M.Ed

11/2002

Educational Administration & Planning

University of Calabar , Calabar, CRS, Nigeria

M.P.A.

08/2003

Public Administration

University of Calabar, Calabar, CRS, Nigeria

Ph.D.

05/2006

Educational Administration & Planning

 

 

 

 

Personal Statement

I am a distinguished lecturer, astute researcher, compassionate mentor, and passionate advocate for quality education, committed to advancing sustainable, inclusive, and high-quality educational systems in Nigeria and beyond through quality research efforts that focus on Educational Management. Specifically, my work focuses on fostering a culture of excellence in education through effective leadership, sound educational administration, and strategic planning. I am deeply convinced that the world’s pressing challenges can be addressed by developing sound minds enriched and equipped with wisdom, knowledge, skills, values, and understanding—attributes that are nurtured through robust and well-managed educational systems.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

  • Chairman, Postgraduate Diploma in Education Committee, 2024 till Date
  • Deputy Director, GST (2020 -2021)
  • Coordinator, SandwichProgramme (2016 – 2019)
  • Chairman, Departmental Postgraduate Programmes Committee(2014 – 2016)
  • Deputy Coordinator Teaching Practice Programme (2014 – 2016)
  • Departmental Examinations Officer (2011-2013)
  • Academic Consultant – Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB), Lagos (2019).
  • Member, Several Committees and Academic Boards
  • Merit Award – the Nigerian Association for Educational Admin. and Planning (NAEAP), 2020
  • Fellowship Award – MSME Institute of Management & Professional Studies (MIMPS), 2023
  • Fellowship Award – Association of Educational Mgt. & Policy Practitioners (A’EMAPP), 2024
  • Distinguished Administrative Service Award (DASA) – NAEAP, 2025
  • External Assessor to: Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, University of Jos, Plateau State and Michael Opara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.

Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge 

  1. Ezere P. E. Awoniyi, B. A., Edom, B.  O. & Sule, S. A. (2025).Edupreneurial practices and post,basic students’ career readiness in Nigerian secondary schools: Implication for educational managers. Ilorin Journal of Education(IJE), 45(1), 58 – 75.
  2. Alli-Balogun, O.G. Oladejo M.A. & Sule, S.A. (2023). Predicting organisational commitment among teachers in low-cost private schools in Lagos state: Do institutional altruism really matter? Journal of Science Technology and Education, 11(4),496-506. (A publication of the Facultyof Technology Education, ATBU, Bauchi).
  1. S. A. (2022). Control of education in Nigeria. In R. A. Alani, S.A. Oyebade, V. E Onyene, S. A. Bello, & M. A. Oladejo (Eds.) Theory and practice of educational management in Nigeria pp. (129 – 143), Lagos: Department of Educational Management, University of Lagos
  2. Sule, S. A. (2021). Principals’ administrative attributes and teachers’ work behaviour in private secondary schools in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos State. Nigerian Journal of Educational Management (NJEM), 5(1), 218 -229.(A publication of the Department of Educational Management, University of Benin, Benin- City).
  3. Ajero, J. I. & Sule, S.A. (2020).An investigation of school climate in Delta State private and public secondary schools. Unizik Journal of Educational Management and Policy (UJOEMP), 4(1), 72 -79. (A publication of the Department of Educational Management and Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka).

Collaborators/ Networks(International inclusive)

  1. Ismail Hussein Amza, Dept. of Social Foundation and Educational Leadership. International Islamic University, Malaysia
  2. Ajero, Ijeoma Joy, Faculty of Education Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo
  3. Anyikwa, Blessing Egbichi, Dept. of Adult Education, University of Lagos
  4. Ejiogu, Aloy Maduka (Rtd.), Dept. of Educational Management, University of Lagos.
  5. Oladipo, Simeon Adebayo, Dept. of Educational Management, University of Lagos.