Prof. Okechukwu S. Abonyi
Director, Centre for Educational services (CES)
Professor Okechukwu S. Abonyi (fstan, mnae, DSSE) was born on 16th April 1966 in Imilike Agu, Udenu Local Government area of Enugu State, Nigeria. He attended Central School Imilike Agu where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) in 1979. He was admitted into Boys High School Imilike Agu in1979 and obtained the West African School Certificate, (WASC O’Level) in1984 before moving on to the University of Nigeria in 1986 for his first Degree Program in Education Biology.
Prof Abonyi holds a B.Sc Degree in Biology Education (1990), Masters in Measurement & Evaluation (1994) and Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement and Evaluation of the University of Nigeria in 1999. He was promoted to the rank of a Professor of Measurement & Evaluation in 2006 at the age of forty. He was the head of the Department of Science Education of the Ebonyi State University from 2002 – 2006, the Dean of the Faculty of Education of Ebonyi State University from 2006 – 2009.
In 2024 Prof Abonyi transferred his service to AE-FUNAI. He served as the Dean, Faculty of Education of AE-FUNAI from 2024-2026 and recently appointed as the Director, Centre for Educational Services AE-FUNAI
Prof Abonyi is currently the national President of the Society For Nigeria Entrepreneurship Education Development (SNEED). He is a life member and a Fellow of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN). He also holds the highest STAN award of DSSE (Distinguished and sustained service to Science Education) He served as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of STAN from 2007 – 2010 and the Editor-in-Chief from 2010 – 2013. Prof Abonyi is currently the General Secretary of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria. He is also a Member of the Nigerian Academy of Education.
He is the Principal Consultant to the research consultancy unit – the Multi Academic Consult and served as a field Consultant to the Enterprise for Development International (EfDI). Abonyi also serves as a consultant to a number of national and international organizations including the UNICEF, National Commission for Mass Education, the National Teachers Institute and participates in a number of National and International Funded Research and grants.
Prof Abonyi has made a significant contribution to studies in Ethnoscience and instrumentation in research. His doctoral thesis on Ethnoscience sponsored by the Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) opened up his horizon on ethno-conceptualism. His recent research focus is on ethno-conceptualism and implications of cognitive re-wiring in science.
Prof Abonyi is a member of many other Professional Associations including ICASE and CON. He has published enormously in a number of highly ranked national and international journals. It may interest you to note that Prof Abonyi has successfully supervised and graduated thirty-two doctoral and numerous Master degree students with so many others at various stages of graduation.
This Professor loves poetry and dedicates his leisure to critique of research work. He is happily married and has children.
