Peter A. Okebukola, is a distinguished emeritus professor of science and computer education at Lagos State University, Nigeria. He had his higher education at the University of Ibadan where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in 1973 followed by Master’s and Ph.D degrees in Science Education in the same university. He had specialised training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and Harvard University. He specialises in science, computer and environmental education, cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. Between 1990 and 1991, he was Visiting Professor in one of Australia’s leading universities- Curtin University of Technology, Perth. He is the Founder of the National Association of Artificial Intelligence Practitioners (NAAIP).
He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Education and between 1998 and 2007 was the African Representative on the Executive Committee of the International Council of Associations for Science Education. He is a Fellow of the Science Association of Nigeria (SAN), Fellow and President of the Nigerian Association for Environmental Education and Fellow and past President of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN). He is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators.
He is the first African to win the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science in 1993. He has won several international gold medals in science and computer education. He was concurrently the Chairman of Council/Chairman Board of Trustees of six Nigerian universities. His last post was the Chairman of Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)- the largest university in Africa in terms of enrolment. He is Director of the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding. He has served as Team Leader of several quality assurance projects involving UNESCO, the African Union, the World Bank and the Association of African Universities He is currently the Ambassador of the Association of African Universities with mandate for West Africa. He has been awarded a number of honorary D.Sc degrees. He is the recipient of the National Honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic- OFR. He was Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission from 2001 to 2006. His tenure witnessed landmark reforms at bolstering quality in the Nigerian university system.
His research efforts have gravitated around five central themes - computers in education and e-learning, co-operative learning, metacognitive strategies in science education, environmental education, and eco-cultural influences on the learning of science and ICT concepts including Artificial Intelligence. He is the inventor of the culturo-techno-contextual approach (CTCA) to science teaching and learning, CTCAI and MSP that are gaining global acclaim as tools for breaking barriers to meaningful learning of difficult concepts in STEM.