Nigerian appointed Under-Secretary for Global Education Organisation

Nigerian academician, Jacob Jacob, has been appointed as the Secretary General of Research, Evaluation and Foresight (REEF) at the Organization for Educational Cooperation (OEC).

The appointment was announced last Thursday, according to a statement on the OEC website.

Accepting the appointment, Mr Jacob said he was honored to join the OEC and humbled by the appointment of Secretary General Manssour Bin Mussallam to join the senior management team.

“I look forward to working with the Secretary General and member states to build the knowledge and perspective needed to transform our education for a more peaceful and prosperous future for all humanity,” he said.

Prior to joining OEC, Mr. Jacob served as Dean of the Graduate School and Research at American University of Nigeria. He previously held academic appointments at the Center for International Cooperation at New York University and at the Department of International Studies at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, where he directed the Dickinson Bridge Program.

About OEC

The Organization for Educational Cooperation (OEC) was established on January 29, 2020 by the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific at the International Summit on Balanced and Inclusive Education held in Djibouti.

As defined by the Constitutive Charter, the purpose of OEC is to contribute to a fair, just, and prosperous social transformation in society by promoting balanced and inclusive education, to achieve basic rights to freedom, justice, dignity, sustainability. , social cohesion, and material and immaterial security for the people of the world.

The OEC acts, therefore, as an instrument of intellectual, technical and financial cooperation and solidarity between Member States as well as Associate Members.