Prof dibu ojerinde biography definition
Dibu Ojerinde
The Former Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB
Dibu Ojerinde is a Nigerian professor of Tests and Measurement, educational administrator and a former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.[1]
Life and career
He was born in Igboho, Oyo State, Nigeria. He attended Wesley College, Ibadan where he received the Teacher Grade II Certificate Examinations (TC II) in He later attended Adeyemi College of Education where he obtained the Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C. E) in He proceeded to the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University for a Bachelor of Science () degree in education in and a Master of Education (M. Ed) in He later proceeded to Cornell University, Ithaca, New York where he received a Ph. D degree in Educational measurement in He became a Professor of Tests and Measurement in October [2][3][4] He began his career as a secondary school teacher in at Laogun Methodist Grammar School. He left to Ibada Iseyin District Grammar School, Iseyin in and later College of Advanced Studies, Kano in He joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in and was appointed a Director of Institute of Education in the same university in , a tenure that ended in [5] He is the first Nigerian Professor of Tests and Measurement. In , he was appointed as the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, National Primary Education Commission (NPEC), a tenure that elapsed in In he was appointed as the Director and Consultant at Centre for Educational Measurement (CEM), Federal Ministry of Education.[6] After his tenure in , he was appointed as the Registrar of the National Board for Educational Measurement, NBEM. He held this position for 7 years ( – ). Shortly after his tenure as of the National Board for Educational Measurement (NBEM) in , he was appointed as the Registrar of National Examination Council, NECO.[7] He held this position for 8 years ( – ). After his tenure in , he was appointed as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, a position he held for 5 years () and was reappointed on 10 April [8]
Professional association
- President of the International Association for Educational Assessment, IAEA.
- Vice president of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa, AEAA.
Member of the Nigerian Psychological Association, NPA
- Member of the Educational Studies Association of Nigeria.