Professor Godswill Obioma, 55, holds a B.Sc degree in Mathematics Education, Masters in Measurement and Evaluation, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement and Evaluation from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.  He was appointed a Professor of Mathematics Education and Evaluation in 1991 at a young age of 36 years.

He was the best graduating student at Alvan Ikoku College of Education in 1975 and is credited for winning amongst others the academic prize in Mathematics at the undergraduate level as the best graduating student in 1979 in the Department of Education at the University of Nigeria and the premier Vice-chancellor’s Academic Award as the best graduating doctoral student from the University of Nigeria.

A fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (fman), Curriculum Organization of Nigeria (fcon), Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (fstan) the Nigeria Academy of Education (fnae), the Institute of Industrial Corporate Administrator (fiice) and International Professional Managers Association in London (fipma).

He has attended various national and international conferences and workshops and has to his credit over 100 publications covering a wide range of issues including, but not limited to, Mathematics education, and educational policy and development, in local and international scientific learned texts and journals.

Professor Obioma has held various administrative and political positions.  He was Head of what is now the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education at the University of Jos (1993-94); Special Assistant on Policy Monitoring and Evaluation to the Military Administrator of Abia State (1994); Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, National Primary Education Commission (1994-1999); Director, Monitoring, Research and Statistics, National Business and Technical Examination Board (2001-2003), and Special Assistant (Programme and Policy) to the Honourable Minister of Education (2003-2005).  He also held a brief stint as acting Chief Executive of the National Mathematical Centre (1997).

In March 2005, he was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) a position he holds till date.  Since his assumption of duty at NERDC he has re-engineered and repositioned the Council, and has also spearheaded the development of the current 9-year Basic Education Curriculum, the new National Book Policy, and the review of the National Policy on Education and review of the Senior Secondary School Curriculum recently approved by National Council on Education (NCE) in January 2009.

His hobbies include lawn tennis, writing and reading poetry and listening to gospel music.  He is happily married with children.