Staff Profile
Dr Tony Alabi, Director of Planning Research and Statistics
Profile
Director of Planning Research and Statistics (UBEC) Dr Tony Alabi was born on 19th April 1952 at Ogori in Ogori-Magongo LGA of Kogi state in North-Central Nigeria. He completed his primary education at St. Peter's Primary School, Ogori in December 1965. In 1966 January, he started his secondary education at Government Secondary School, Okene where he completed his secondary education in 1970 and proceeded to obtain the Higher School Certificate in 1972. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in 1977 with a second-class upper degree. After the National Youth Service, he started as Education Officer II but soon returned to Ahmadu Bello University to commence the Graduate-in-training programme in 1979; thereby commencing a career of teaching in the university. He obtained his Masters degree in Educational Administration and Planning in 1982 and his Doctoral in 1991. In 1992, he was promoted as a Senior Lecturer.
His administrative experience in the university included being head of unit, Admin and Planning Section of the Department of Education, 1989-1991, Examination officer, Department of Education, 1990-1991, Assistant Dean (Post-graduate Matters), 1993-1994. He was also Hall adviser in Ribadu Hall, 1991-1993. He co-supervised post-graduate students; and was external Examiner to Katsina State College of Education and Bayero University, 1992-1994.
In 1994, Dr Alabi joined the services of the then National Primary Education Commission as a Chief Planning Officer. He was promoted to Deputy Director in 2001. He has been a member of the Appointment, Promotions and Disciplinary Committee of Commission. Dr Alabi was the Desk Officer for Research and Development in the World Bank Primary Education project II, 1994-2000. He served in many committees hosted in the Federal Ministry of Education, including the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Teachers' Salary Structure (1995); the ministerial Committee on PTF Projects in education sector, Ministerial Committee on Open and Distance Learning, 2000-2001 that led to the re-establishment of National Open University of Nigeria.
He has attended specialist management and technical training within and outside the country, including at Harvard University. He is a PRINCE2 certified project manager.
Dr Alabi is happily married to Olufunmilayo Alabi and they are blessed with three children.
Publications:
ALABI, Tony D. (1991) Issues in Nigerian Education Tamaza Publications, Zaria.
ALABI, Tony D. (1985): Notes on Contemporary World History
Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (An Occasional Publication).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
(2006) The Need for Open School in Nigeria", Paper prepared for the Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open School (PCF4), Abstracted, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 30 October - 3 November
(2006) "Achieving Universal Basic Education in Nigeria: What role for Open School?" OSAC Journal of Open school, Vol. No 1
and H.B. Mohammed (2003) "Gender Difference in Students' Drop-out: A Study of Wastage in Sokoto State; Zaria Journal of Educational Studies . Vol. 5, No. 1 & 2.
(2002) "Planning and Administration of Universal Basic Education in Nigeria" (Book Review) UBE Forum Vol. 2. No.2.
(2002) "The School Supervisor," UBE Digest, Vol. 2, No. 2 December.
and E.J. Chuta (2002) "What Does It Cost to Train an NCE Teacher in Nigeria?- Synthesis of a Pilot Study", UBE Forum Vol. 2, No. 2.
(1998) "Research Efforts in Primary Education: The Journey so far." Nigeria Educational Forum, Vol 14, No. 2, pp. 104-109
(1996) "Parental Contribution to Financing Primary Education in Nigeria" Journal of Trends and Issues in Primary Education (JIPE), Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 1-7.
(1995) Urban Schools, Rural Schools and Academic performance in Sokoto State, Faculty of Education, A.B.U. Zaria Publication.
(1995) A Sample Analysis of Views of Education Secretaries about major constraints to funding Primary Education at the Local Government level. Inter Disciplinary journal of Humanities and Social Sciences , (forthcoming)
(1992) "Islam and the Development of Education in Kasar Katsina" in I.A. Tsiga and A.U. Adamu Undiscovered Country: Islam and the History of Learning in Kasar Katsina processing of the International Seminar on Islam and the History of Learning in Katsina State.
(1994) Will the Local Government cope with Financing Primary Education? An examination of the records of a Local Government.
(1991): "Primary Education Financing Methods: A Survey of Practices and Approaches in Two Countries". Zaria Journal of Studies in Education, Vol. 1, pp 41 - 49.
(1988): "The Teaching Profession: An Administrative Challenges of the 6-3-3-4, in Udo and Akpa (eds) Towards Implementing the 6-3-3-4 System of Education in Nigeria. Jos, pp.24 - 30.
(1987): "Creating Education Districts for Better School Supervision: A Proposal" Zaria Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 1, pp. 111 - 121.
(1985): "The Crisis of Educational Development and Autonomy" In Kayode and Usman (eds) Economics and Social Development of Nigeria , Vol. II, Nigeria Since Independence History Project, Zaria. Pp. 104 - 112.
(1982): "National Policy on Education: A Need for an Ideology" in Femi Odekunle (ed) Mobilization of Human Resources for National Development. NASA pp. 49 - 56.
(1988): Sixteen Lessons on Primary Education Administration. Commissioned and paid for by the Institute of Education. Distance Education Division, Ahmadu Bello University (Details will be provided when publication is out) - written in 1989.
(1988): "Primary Education Financing in Nigeria: A Need for Reconsideration". Tambari, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1995, pp. 85 - 92.
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP
Alabi T (2001) "Current Issues in Primary Education in Nigeria UBE in Focus." The text of a paper at a workshop organized by Kogi State Primary Education Board, Lokoja. December 2001.
ALABI, Tony (1989): "A Decade of pains and Problems of the National Policy on Education". Presented at the Workshop to mark the retirement of Prof. T.A.F. Afolayan, 30th October, 1989, Zaria.
ALABI, Tony (1989): "Financing Primary Education in Nigeria: The Role of Parents (A Preliminary Report):, Presented at the National Conference of Primary Education Studies Association of Nigeria, 25 - 29 July, Zaria.
ALABI, Tony (1985): "The 6-3-3-4 Policy on Education: The Issues of Implementation". Presented at a National Seminar/Workshop on the Problems and Implication of the 6-3-3-4 Policy on Nigerian Education, organized by Federal Ministry of Education, A.B.U. and University of Lagos, held in Zaria.
SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION
ALABI, Tony (): "Study of Financing Primary Education in Northern States of Nigeria: 1976 - 1988" (for the consideration of Savana a journal of the Social Sciences).
ALABI, Tony (): School Administrators and Financing Models for the consideration of Nigeria Education Forum, A Journal of the Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria).
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