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词条 Chinwe Obaji
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  1. Background

  2. Ministerial position

  3. Subsequent positions

  4. References

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| office1 = Federal Minister of Education
| term_start1 = June 2005
| term_end1 = June 2006
| predecessor1 = Fabian Osuji
| successor1 = Obiageli Ezekwesili
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| party =People's Democratic Party (PDP)
}}Chinwe Obaji is a higher education lecturer, teacher and education administrator who was appointed to head Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Education in June 2005 as Senior Minister, and was succeeded a year later by Obiageli Ezekwesili.[1]

Background

Chinwe Obaji was born in Ezinihitte-Mbaise in Imo State. From 1980 she was a lecturer and administrator at Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo, Imo State in Nigeria.[2]

Ministerial position

Chinwe Obaji, as Education Minister, tried to resuscitate the Inspectorate Division of the Federal Ministry of Education. She started the one-meal-a-day project in some pilot primary schools across the country.[1]

She directed that Universities should administer the Post University Matriculation Examination to candidate students in an effort by bypass the inefficiency of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Notably, in support of her directive, President Olusegun Obasanjo called for enhanced support by all Nigerians for the post-JAMB screening.[3]

However, there was controversy over the fees charged by universities for the test.[4]

In an October 2005 meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, it was unanimously agreed to peg the test fee at N1,000.[5]

Answering questions in the House of Representative in November 2005, Chinwe Obaji said that any university that collected more than N1,000 from candidates seeking admission after the post JAMB screening had done so in violation of her directive.[6]

The House of Representations later cancelled the directive.[7]

In April 2006, Chinwe Obaji detailed reforms to the design of the basic education system to ensure that every Nigerian child at least has access to basic education. The government set up a system of reprimanding parents who do not register their children for school, and started to recruit 40,000 teachers for rural communities.[8]

She stated that the Universal Basic Education (UBE) program aimed at enhancing "unhindered access to quality basic education to the children, especially to the girl-child".[9]

Subsequent positions

Dr Chinwe Obaji was appointed Professor of International Education at the Voorhees College in the USA starting in 2007.[10]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20090603012051zg/nigeriawatch/education/education-10-ministers-10-years-of-democracy |publisher=The Guardian |date=May 28, 2009 |title=Education: 10 ministers, 10 years of democracy |author=Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1822714513&page_url=//www.ikeibe.com/kema.htm&page_last_updated=7/28/2007+3:16:50+PM&firstName=Chinwe&lastName=Obaji |date=July 22, 2006 |title=Kema Chikwe and Imo Government House |author=Ben Duru |publisher=Ikeibe.com |accessdate=2009-10-13}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-4745.0.html |title=HND graduates can now rise above Level 14 |date=January 6, 2006 |author=Madu Onuorah |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.modernghana.com/print/224275/1/amaechi-the-open-fraud-called-post-ume-test.html |title=Amaechi & The Open Fraud Called "Post-UME" Test |author=Odimegwu Onwumere |publisher=Modern Ghana News: |date=June 27, 2009 |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/3873 |title=As varsities win screening battle, Education minister says it's a unanimous decision |author=Emmanuel Edukugho |date=October 27, 2005 |publisher=Vanguard |accessdate=2009-10-13}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-138845508.html |title=Post Jamb Test: Fees Beyond N1,000 Illegal - Minister. |publisher=This Day |date=November 15, 2005 |author=Donald Andoor |accessdate=2009-10-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2006/feb/033.html |title=CHINWE OBAJI'S LEGACY |author=Atâyi-Babs Ezekiel Opaluwah |date=February 3, 2006 |publisher=NigeriaWorld |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wes.org/ewenr/06jun/africa.htm |title=Universal Basic Education System Altered |date=April 27, 2006 |publisher=Vanguard |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/migrants/pom2006_101-suppl/rc_pc_migrants_pom101-suppl_migraz-ebegbulem.html |title=People on the Move: MIGRATION AND PROSTITUTION AMONG WOMEN FROM COUNTRIES OF ISLAMIC MAJORITY |date=August 2006 |author=Sr. Patricia EBEGBULEM |publisher=Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People |accessdate=2009-10-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020212731/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/migrants/pom2006_101-suppl/rc_pc_migrants_pom101-suppl_migraz-ebegbulem.html |archivedate=2012-10-20 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cipaco.org/spip.php?article1159 |title=Obaji Preaches IT Education in Nigerian Universities |author=Efem Nkanga |date=01/10/2007 |publisher=This Day |accessdate=2009-10-12}}
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