OLOKOR NJOKU

CURRICULUM VITAE 

DR. OLOKOR NJOKU

 

A: PERSONAL DATA

 

 NAME:                                                                       Olokor Njoku

 NATIONALITY:                                                          Nigerian

 DATE  OF 1st APPOINTMENT:                                 November 15th, 1993

 DATE OF LAST PROMOTION:                                 1st January, 2013

 STATUS ON PREVIOUS PROMOTION:                   Principal Special Class

SALARY GRADE LEVEL ON

PREVIOUS PROMOTION:                                          GL. 16 Step 8

DATE OF PRESENT APPOINTMENT:                       7th April, 2014

DATE OF ASSUMPTION OF DUTY:                          10th April, 2014

STATUS ON PRESENT APPOINTMENT:                  Lecturer II

TRANSFER OF SERVICE:                                         Service fully transferred and salary personalized

PRESENT SALARY:                                                   Conuass 4, Step 4

 

 

B.EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

1. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED (WITH DATES)    

 

a) IHE CENTRAL SCHOOL, IHECHIOWA                         1968-1973

b) UTUTU/IHE HIGH SCHOOL, IHECHIOWA                    1976-1981

c) ALVAN IKOKU COL. OF EDUCATION, OWERRI           1981-1984

d) UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA                                             1989-1993

e) UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA                                              2001-2003

f) UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA                                               2006-2010

 

2.ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS(WITH DATES)

a)FSLC                                                                                    1973

b)WASC                                                                                   1981

c)NCE Agric.Education                                                            1984

d)B.Sc Agric.Education                                                            1993

e)M. Ed Agric.Education                                                          2003

f) Ph.D Vocational Teacher Education(Agric.Edu)                    2010

 

3. RESEARCH INTEREST

a) Research into agricultural competences for food security

b) Research into pedagogical principles to enhance Agricultural Education

 

C. WORK EXPERIENCE/CAREER PROGRESSION

1. PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

a) Secondary Edu. Mgt. Board (SEMB), Umuahia

 NYSC: Teaching in Ekiadolor Teacher Training College, Edo State,          1984-1986

 SEMB: Teacher in Mary Slessor Sec. Tech. School, Arochukwu,              1993-1998

 SEMB: Teacher in AggreyMem. Sec. Sch, Arochukwu,                             1998-2001

SEMB:Teacher in Govt. College, Umuahia and

HOD in Agric. Dept.                                                                                     2003-2011

SEMB: Teacher Duty Vice Principal  

Evangel High School, Old Umuahia,                                                            2011-2014

 

b)Michael Okpara Univ. of Agric. Umudike

Lecturer II                                                                                                      April 2014-Date                                                                                                                                          

D. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE/BOARDS IN MOUAU

1. Member of College Board

2. Chairman Agric. Project Committee of Dept. of Agric& Home Econs.Edu.

3. Co-ordinator SIWES, Dept. of Agric& Home Economics Education.

4. 300L Exam Officer, Dept. of Agric& Home Economics Education.

5. Member, Servicom Window

 

E. COMMUNITY/PUBLIC BODIES SERVICE

1. Pastor on Campus Deeper Life Campus Fellowship, MOUAU

2. Secretary (estwhile) Ndi Ole Development Union

3. Member, Ndi Ole Obichie Prayer Team

4. President, Farmers Co-operative Society

 

F. ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION

1. Project Supervisor for both undergraduate and Post- graduate.

2. Lecturer 200, 300 and 400 Levels, Agric. Education undergraduates

3. Lecturer, Agric. Education Master’s Degree students on Curriculum    

    Development in Agric. Education and Theories of Vocational Education.

4. SIWES Co-ordinator, Dept. of Agric& Home Economics Education.

5. Free Tuition coaching for JAMB candidates in MOUAU.

6. WAEC and NECO Examination

 

G. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1. Member, Nigeria Vocational Association (NVA)

2. Member, Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria(TRC)

3. Agricultural Education Teachers Association of Nigeria (AETAN)

 

H. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS & PUBLIC LECTURES

     ATTENDED

 

1. Agricultural Science Curriculum, Girls’ Sec. Sch. Umuahia, 9th – 13th Jan;

    1995

2. Why Nigeria Agriculture continues to be neglected. A lecture series by (late)

    Prof. Francis S. Idachaba, V. C. Kogi State University, 25th July, 2006 in

    MOUAU

3. Rural Sociology Association of Nigeria, NRCRI, Umudike,                            2009

4. Post-graduate Education and Sustainable Food Security in Nigeria. A Public

    Lecture delivered by Prof. Bene Wille Abbey, DVC, University of

    Port-Harcourt, 2nd Nov. 2011 in MOUAU

5. Pushing Back Poverty in Nigeria: Agribusiness Development, 16th Inaugural

    Lecture by Prof. Jude A. Mbanasor on 21st Nov; 2012 at ETF Hall, MOUAU

6. Transforming the Nigeria Rural Agricultural Economy for Sustainable

    Economic Growth and Development at Abia ADP, Umuahia, 7th& 8th April,

    2009

7. Educational Administrative Demands: A tool for Effective School Management

   and Administration held at SEMB, Umuahia, September 2012

8. Maximizing the Potential of Plantain at ADP, Umuahia

9. Capacity Building Workshop on Science by ETF, 2nd – 6th July, 2007

10. 1st National Conference of CASE on 21st Curriculum issues on Education held

      at Pius Anyim Auditorium, 1st – 4th July, 2014 in MOUAU

11. Annual National Conference of Nigeria Vocational Association (NVA) held at

     UNN, 28th – 31st July, 2010

12.Academic Leadership Competence/Work Attitude for Effective and Efficient   

      Lecture Delivery organized by Prof. Polycarp Ncheta Okafor and Dr Patricia  

     E.Mbah at Pius Anyim Auditorium,3rd June 2015.

13. 1st International Conference of CASE on Beyond Academic Tribes and

     Territories, 12th -16th July, 2015 held at Pius Anyim Auditorium, MOUAU

14. 6th Annual International Conference on “Challenges of Higher Education in the

     21stCentury held at ABSU, 2015

15. 6th Annual National Conference by Nigerian Society for Psychosocial Research

     (NSPR) on “Stress Mgt. among Nigerian Workers held at ABSU, 2015

16. Step Down Training for staff, students and other stakeholders on Capacity

      Building in Agricultural Education in Nigeria held in MOUAU in collaboration

     with Bern University of Applied Science, School of Agricultural, Forest and

     Food Science Hafl Switzerland, 2016, MOUAU

17. Annual International Conference by Agricultural Education Teachers

      Association of Nigeria (AETAN) on “Agricultural Education: An Instrument

      for Economic Diversification in Nigeria held at Law Auditorium, Ebonyi State

     University, 12th – 15th July, 2016

18. International Conference by Society for Community and Communication

     Development Research (SCCDR) on Corporate Social Responsibility and

      Community Development held at Pius Anyim Auditorium, 16th – 18th August,

     2016, MOUAU

19. Killers to Edibles: A key to Sustainable Livestock and National Development.

     An Inaugural Lecture by Prof. S. N. Ukachukwu at Pius Anyim Auditorium,

    15th May, 2015, MOUAU

 

20. From Drumbeats to Gigabytes: Communicating Agricultural Technologies

      Effectively to Farmers in Nigeria.20th Inaugural Lecture by Prof. I. M.

      Nwachukwu at Pius Anyim Auditorium, 10th December 2014, MOUAU

 

I. PUBLICATIONS

 

JOURNALS                   

1. Olokor, N. (2006). Utilization of Instructional Facilities for Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Learning Experiences in Agricultural Science.

Nigerian Journal of Educational Management, 5(1), 153 – 159

 

2. Olokor, N and Ugboaja, C. I. (2015) Perception of Factors Influencing Work  Skill Needs of Agricultural Science Students in Senior Secondary Schools in Umuahia Educational Zone.

Journal of Agricultural and Science Education (JASE), 1(2) 159 – 165

 

3. Olokor, N. (2015) Perception of Lecturers and Teachers on the Integration of  Professional Ethics into Teacher Education Programme of Abia State  Tertiary Institutions.Journal of Agricultural and Science Education(JASE)    

          1(1), 222 – 228

 

4. Olokor, N (2015). Identification of Work Skills Required by Senior Secondary  School Graduates for Entry into Bee-keeping Occupation. Journal of the                     Nigerian Society for Psychosocial Research, 5(1), 202 – 209

 

5. Olokor, N (2015). Identification of planning and Production Process Skills for Development of Modules for Training Farmers in Organic Fertilizer                   Production from Solid Waste in Abia State.Journal of the Nigerian Society   for Psychosocial Research 5(1), 210 – 218

 

6. Olokor, N and Ugochukwu, P. N. Amadi (2015). Instructional Strategies and  Stakeholder Collaboration: Tools for Effective Implementation of Post- Basic Agricultural Science Curriculum in Abia State Education System,           

7. Olokor,N.(2016) Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaboration with Agricultural   Education for the Achievement of  Nigeria Vision 20:2020.

International  Journal of Educational Studies (INJEDS), 1(3), 171-176

8.Olokor,N.(2016) In-service Training Needs of Secondary School Agricultural  Science Teachers for the 21st Century Re-thinking in Abia State.       

International Journal of Educational Studies(INJEDS), 1(2),330-334

 

9. Olokor, N (2016). Managing Farm-Related Stress Factors among Practical Year Students of Nigerian Universities of Agriculture.

Journal of Nigerian  Society for Psychosocial Research, 6(1), 147 – 156

 

10. Olokor, N (2016). Perceived Stress Symptoms among Secondary School Teachers in Ikwuano L.G.A.

Journal of The Nigerian Society for  Psychosocial Research, 6(1), 95 -103

 

11. Olokor, N. and Ibrahim, M. D. (2017). Strategies Required by Farmer Entrepreneurs for Enhancing Farm Business Profitability in Umudike                         Agricultural Zone of Abia State. Journal of Agricultural Education Teachers Association of Nigeria (AETAN), 1(1), 50 – 56

 

12. Ibrahim, M. D and Olokor, N (2017). Skills in Sorghum Growing Enterpris for Training in Kwara and Kogi State.

Journal of Agricultural  Education Teachers Association of Nigeria (AETAN), 1(1), 320 – 329

 

 

PROCEEDINGS

 

13. Olokor, N (2016). Farmer Education(Agricultural Extension) Practices  for  Enhancing Arable Crop Production among Farmers in Umudike Agricultural    Zone of Abia State. Proceedings of the conference by Society for Community and Communication Development Research (SCCDR),       pp     147-151

 

14. Olokor, N (2016). Sustainable Rural Community Development: A Strategy for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria. Proceedings of the Conference by Society for                Community and Communication for Development Research (SCCDR), 167-     170

                                               

 

CHAPTER IN BOOK

 

15. Olokor, N (2016). Theories of Vocational Education.Foundations of technical  vocational education and training(TVET)HI TECH.Uyo: GM VENTURES

 

16. Olokor, N (2016). Vocational Guidance Services (VGS). Foundations of technical vocational education and training(TVET) HI TECH.Uyo: GM VENTURES

 

 REFEREES

 

1.     Prof. Nnennaya Ibiam

Dept. of Education Management

College of Education

MOUAU

 

2.Prof. E.N.Nwachukwu

 Dept.of Animal Breeding and Physiology

 College of Animal Science and Animal Production

 MOUAU

    

 3.   Prof.E.C.Osinem

  Dept.of Vocational Teacher Education(Agric.Education)

  Faculty of Education

  UNN