Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele

Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

Professor of Educational Management, Education Scholar, University Administrator

Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele is a Nigerian scholar of Educational Management and university administrator who has spent his academic career at Ekiti State University. Born on 13 February 1963 in Ikere-Ekiti, he obtained an NCE from the former Ondo State College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, before earning a Bachelor of Education in Education and Economics from the then Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, in 1992 with First Class Honours. He subsequently obtained an M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Management from the University of Ibadan in 1997 and 2000 respectively. Ayodele began his university teaching career at the institution in 1995 as a Graduate Assistant and rose through the academic ranks to become Professor of Educational Management on 1 October 2012. His academic interests include Economics of Education, Educational Planning and Policy, and Human Resource Development. Before becoming Vice-Chancellor, he held a succession of academic and administrative positions at EKSU, including Assistant Director of Affiliate Programmes, Head of the Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Director of Distance Learning, Director of Continuing Education Programmes/Distance Learning, Director of General Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).