Dr. Mo Olateju
Fellow, Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education
Dr. Mo Olateju is a fellow at Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education where she leads the Network for Education Systems Transformation (NEST); global network of 11 Global South organizations partnering with Brookings to research education systems transformation towards a breadth of skills.
She founded TEP Centre; Nigeria’s pioneering education partnership organization, and led its LEARNigeria citizen-led assessment and advocacy programme. She also established the annual pan-African education innovation summit, NEDIS, now in its 9th year.
As an appointee to the three-man Presidential Policy Advisory Council (PAC), she articulated education sector priorities for Nigeria’s current national government. Previously, she drafted a section of Nigeria’s 2011-2015 education strategy and was a member of the technical team which developed Nigeria’s Medium- and Long-Term National Strategic Plans.
She chairs the US board of Malala Fund, sits on the boards of Human Capital Africa and Slum 2 School Africa, and serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Teach For All Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future.
She graduated from UCL-IOE with a PhD in Education and International Development, and earned a Masters’ with distinction from the same university. She is a Fellow of the Asia-Global Institute in Hong Kong.