Dr Benedicta Agusobo admires her award plaque
Vice President of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction International (WCCI) Dr. Benedicta Agusiobo, recently, received the honour for “leadership and significant professional impacts on Education in Nigeria” from Education Times.
The award ceremony was attended by over 300 education stakeholders, including students and eminent Nigerians among who are Ahaji Lateef Jakande, former governor of Lagos State and Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Godswill Obioma.
“We highly commend Dr Agusiobo’s great efforts in educational development and wish her more success in her educational endeavours,” Education Times said in a tribute at the award ceremony.
Agusobo was elected Vice President of WCCI, an international non-governmental organisation with consultative status in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations in 2013.
She is the first African to be elected into the coveted office. She is a former Deputy Director and Head of Department of Early Childhood Education and Development at Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council.
She studied curriculum and science education at bachelors, masters, and doctorate levels and worked with NERDC for 10 years, and was the focal person for Basic Education in the ENHANSE Project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2004 – 2008.