BABALOLA, Jacob Olaniyi Ph.D

NAME: BABALOLA, Jacob Olaniyi Ph.D.

RANK: Chief Lecturer/Dean

PHONE NO.:0813 570 3258

E-MAIL: babalola@fceokene.edu.ng

QUALIFICATIONS: B.A (Ed) French; M.A. French Studies, M. Phil French Language and Linguistics and Ph.D. French Language and Linguistics

NATIONALITY: Nigerian

O. Babalola is a committed Lecturer with over 21 years of experience at the Federal College of Education, Okene. His simplicity, individual attention to his wards, and concern for quality education has endeared him to both N.C.E and Undergraduate Students with various social and cultural backgrounds. He possesses outstanding administrative and verbal communication skills along with constructive and effective teaching methods that promote a stimulating learning environment.

Dr. Babalola is a teacher of French language and linguistics. He also teaches African literature in French. He is an author, researcher, and a competent translator.

Dr. Babalola obtained the following qualifications: B.A (Ed) French (1995); M.A. French Studies (1999), M. Phil French Language and Linguistics (2015), and Ph.D. French Language and Linguistics in the year 2019. He speaks French, English, and Yoruba fluently and can read and write all of these beyond the basic level of competence.  He has been an affiliate of the Inter-Colleges Association of French Teachers since 1998.