Gideon Tseja; Educationist who was consultant to the National Open University Nigeria, NOUN on course materials development. Tseja is a biographer and professor of English. To promote his advocacy for healthy living, he cycled over 200 kilometers from Zaria to Kano and later, to Kaduna. He advocates a clean and safe environment, and living in the midst of trees.
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Place of Growth
Gideon Tseja was born on March 25, 1946 at Atte, Kogi State to Joshua Tseja who was a priest and Celina Tseja. His father died in 1978. He started his education at St. John’s Primary School, Akabe, Kogi State, in 1955; got double promotion three times and finished in 1959.
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Education
Tseja did his sixth form at Government Secondary School, Bida and went to the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, from 1968 to 1971.
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Experience
Tseja was the Head, Department of English, Advanced Teachers’ College, ABU, Kano, 1977 – 1981; the Vice Principal, between 1980 and 1985; Assistant Coordinator, NCE by Correspondence, 1983 – 1985; Head, Division of Distance Education (DDE), Institute of Education, ABU, Zaria, 1985 – 1995 and he was the Chairman, Academic Committee, DDE, Institute of Education, ABU, Zaria, 1985 – 1995.
