Sidikat Ijaiya

Sidikat Ijaiya is a Nigerian professor of Educational Management at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. She is the first woman to serve as the institution's Deputy Vice Chancellor.

Education In 1971, Ijaiya completed her higher school certificate program at Queen Elizabeth School in Ilorin. She earned a second upper-class degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1976. In 1988, she was admitted to Cardiff University, where she earned a Master of Education in educational psychology in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy in educational management.

Administrative career Ijaiya served as the Head of the Department for Educational Management (2002–2005), Director of the Centre for Supportive Services for the Deaf (2005–2008), and Director of the Institute of Education (2010–2013). She became the university's first female Deputy Vice-Chancellor, serving from 2014 to 2018. She has actively participated in various national and international tasks, including roles on accreditation panels for the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). Additionally, she has provided consultancy services for the World Bank.

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