“Literacy is inherently a political project in which men and women assert their right and responsibility not only to read, understand, and transform their own experiences, but also reconstitute their relationship with the wider society” Paolo Freire.

Abiola Seriki-Ayeni is a seasoned educator with a deep-rooted aim to deliver on the promise that every child has access to quality education, and has the ability to thrive in school and in life. She is guided by these core values on the path to success: excellence is a habit; integrity in all and results without excuses.

She is currently the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance. She served as the Senior Special Assistant (Education) to the former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

Prior to this, she worked as the Senior Manager, Teacher Effectiveness with the New York City Department of Education; Talent Management with Achievement First Charter Schools; high school teacher at Harmony Public Schools, Texas and a middle school teacher through the New York City Teaching Fellows Programme. She has also worked with NAPIMS, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Forte Oil and Lagos State Ministry of Education. Honors include Golden Key International Honor Society; Harvard Women in Public Policy Programme and Education Pioneers Graduate School Fellowship Programme. She also a Board Member, AIFA Reading Society.

She holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA (B.A.); Columbia University, New York City, USA (M.A.) and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (M.Ed.). She is married and blessed with children.