Dr. Bolapeju Agboola has a PhD in Educational Planning, an MEd in Educational Management, and a BSc (Ed.) in Mathematics. She is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Planning, Policy, Leadership, and Management in the School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is a coordinator for a master's programme in Educational Leadership and Management and a representative of the School of Education at the Faculty Research Ethics Committee.
Her experience spans many years of teaching at secondary and higher education institutions. She specializes in training leaders, educators, and in-service teachers at both levels. She is a certified facilitator at the National Open University, Nigeria, and authentic assessment in online learning expert. She is a consultant on education matters, and a co-founder of the National Association of Educational Administration and Planning, Akwa Ibom Chapter. She is a faculty mentor to the Philosophy of Education Movement of the Caribbean and, an Operation Team Member of the Caribbean Centre for Educational Planning.
She has authored and co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is a reviewer of many referred journal articles, editor, and co-editor of books. She is an editor of a book to be published by IGI Global. She is also a Board Member of Education Journal.
Thompson, C., Henry-Wilson, F., Agboola, M. B., James, F., & Marshal, I. (2024). Historical dimensions to the development of education systems in Africa and the Caribbean: A case study of Barbados, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Trinidad &Tobago In Fraser-Burgess, J. De Four-Babb, V. Knight, O. M. Odebiyi, I. A. Salami, & A. Allert (Eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Caribbean and African Studies in Education. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Agboola, B. M. (2024). Total Quality Management (TQM) Approach to Administration of Higher Education Institutions: Implications for Leadership Effectiveness in Jamaica. In Afzal, S. M., Uzoechi, N., & Yahaya A. (Eds.) Promoting Crisis Management and Creative Problem-Solving Skills in Educational Leadership. IGI Global.
Agboola, B.M, (2024). Strategic Planning Approach for Improving Efficiency in Education Systems: The Case of Jamaica and Nigeria. In E. Etudor-Eyo & B. Akueqwu (Eds). The Primacy of Planning for Quality Education. A Festschrift for Prof. Charle M. Ogbodo. University of Uyo Press, Brainspec Publishers
Agboola, B. M. (2023). Transformational change management approach and teachers job performance in Nigeria and Jamaica: Implications for leadership in educational sustainability. International Journal of Educational Arts and Management and Professional Studies, 3(2), 1-29.
Agboola, B. M. (2022). Employers’ assessment of graduates’ utilization of employability skills: Influence on organizational growth and sustainable development in Nigeria. Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 13(1), 63-76.
For other publications, see:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=awDafncAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AFL-3560-2022
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bolapeju-Mary-Agboola
https://www.semanticscholar.org/me/research
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