Folashade Adefisayo

Folashade Adefisayo is a Nigerian academic and a teacher,[1] and she is the current commissioner of Lagos State Ministry of Education.[2][3][4]

Folashade Adefisayo
Lagos State Ministry of Education
Assumed office
2019
GovernorBabajide Sanwo-Olu
Personal details
Education

Education

She attended the University of Ibadan where she received a bachelor's degree in Zoology.[1] Later, she moved to Lagos State University were she obtained Master's Degree in Business Administration and to the University of Nottingham, where she obtained another master's degree in education.[1]

Career

Folashade set a programme to improve students in Computer Base Test (CBT), after a long lockdown of COVID-19 in Lagos State, the programme is set to improve about 1.5 million students across Lagos State and Nigeria.[5] She also ordered promotion of students of Lagos to next class by considering their continue assessment (CA Test).[6] Prior to becoming a commissioner in Lagos State, Folashade worked in the Banking and education sector.[7] Folashade has a forty years job experience altogether.

Personal life

Folashade was born and raised in Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria; she is the eldest daughter among five members of her family, and she likes reading and travelling.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Edugist Presents a Seasoned Academic, Folasade Adefisayo, to Proffer Ways to Revive and Strengthen Public Education in Nigeria". Edugist. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. "Lagos orders resumption of remaining classes in public, private schools". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  3. "Lagos is prepared for new normal in education —Adefisayo -". Vanguard News. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. "Folashade Adefisayo Archives | Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  5. "Lagos targets 1.5m students for CBT software empowerment". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  6. "Lagos to promote students to next classes using continuous assessments". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  7. "Hon. Folasade Adefisayo". African Leadership Academy. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  8. "My dream is to go and watch athletes at the Olympics –Adefisayo". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-11-11.


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