Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo

Biography

BSc. Hons. (Ibadan), MBA (Lagos), IPGCE (Nottingham), MA (Ed) Nottingham

Folasade Adefisayo is the Hon. Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Nigeria. Before her appointment by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, she had been an active player in the education sector in Nigeria. As the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Adefisayo is supporting the Governor of the State, His Excellency Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in revolutionizing education in many uncommon ways.

Before her appointment to the Cabinet of Lagos State, she was the Principal Consultant/CEO of Leading Learning Ltd., an educational consultancy firm incorporated in 2014. She was consulted for public and private schools, state governments, NGOs, and development partners. Her areas of professional focus include teachers training, leadership training, school setup, and school ’transformation.

Folasade has nearly 40 years of working experience spanning banking operations, organizational restructuring, human resources management, international trade, and education. She retired from Corona Schools’ Trust Council in 2010 after serving as the Executive Director and CEO for 8 years. She voluntarily served as the Director of Corona Secondary School, Agbara, from 2010 to 2014.

Folasade Adefisayo is an education activist with a passion for student learning, school transformation, and teacher training. She is deeply concerned about the learning crisis in Nigerian schools and has volunteered to work with the Federal Government, Lagos State Government, Oyo State Government, and Osun State Government. She is also dedicated to improving other people’ lives and has served as a volunteer with a number of NGOs—Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind, Volunteer Corps, Junior Achievement, Fate Foundation, Yedi, Teach for Nigeria, Oando Foundation, and SWORTE Talks, among others.

She was a Merit Award winner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a University Scholar of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In 2011, she decided to get certified as a professional educator and embarked on an online postgraduate course at the University of Nottingham. Folasade Adefisayo graduated with distinctions at both the diploma and master’s levels.

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