Author of famous English textbooks, Practical English and Brighter Grammar, Mrs. Phebean Ajijola Ogundipe is dead.
Madam Ogundipe was aged 92.
She reportedly died last Friday, March 27, in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States.
Ogundipe, nee Itayemi, was born in Esa-Oke, Osun State on 6 May 1927.
She had her elementary education in Esa-oke and Imesi-Ile. She later went to Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos State on a full scholarship for her secondary education.
Thereafter, she went to University of St. Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Arts in English.
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Upon completion of her studies, the late Madam Ogundipe begun her working career in the Federal Ministry of Education and served in different schools as an English teacher.
One of the schools was Queen’s College, Ede, where she met her husband, Adebayo Ogundipe.
She also served as Deputy Chief Federal Adviser on Education and National Secretary for UNESCO.
She was an acting director in the Federal Ministry of Education at the time of her retirement.
Her passion for English education led to her authorship of well-known English textbooks, Brighter Grammar, for elementary school and Practical English, for junior and senior secondary schools.
Upon retirement from public service, she co-founded a remedial educational institution, Top Tutors.
In 1979, she received the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
She was survived by four sons and 10 grandchildren.