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Peter A. Okebukola, a specialist in quality assurance and Elearning is Professor of Science and Computer Education at the Lagos State University, Nigeria. After his Bachelor’s degree in 1973, he earned a PhD from the University of Ibadan followed by specialised training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and Harvard University both in Cambridge, USA. He is the President of GUN-Africa which has been conducting capacity-building activities for higher education teachers and researchers in Africa since 2004. He won the 1992 UNESCO Prize for the Communication of Science. He is a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Education, member of the Executive Board of the International Association for Research in Science Teaching. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria as well as of the National Association for Environmental Education. He has won several international gold medals in science and computer education. He is also a Fellow of the Science Association of Nigeria.

He is the immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). He has been Chairman of Council of seven universities including Osun State University and currently Chairman of Council of Crawford University and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Caleb University. He is Director of the Centre for Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library as well as Director of the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. He has been awarded a number of honorary D.Sc degrees. He is the recipient of the National Honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic- OFR. He is the current Chairman of the Advisory Council of the CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) whose mandate oversights quality assurance of higher education across the world.