Dr Smart Olugbeko has been appointed as the new Provost of the Federal College of Education, Ilawe-Ekiti, established in 2023 with the dual mandate to produce NCE and degree graduates. Olugbeko, a seasoned academic and iconic administrator, whose career in the college of education system spans over 25 years, began his academic career at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo (now Adeyemi Federal University of Education), rising from Lecturer III to Chief Lecturer in 2016. He further distinguished himself through sabbatical and secondment appointments at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, and Federal College of Education (Technical), Ekiadolor, Edo State. As an administrator, Olugbeko has served as head of the Department and Dean of the School of Education at Adeyemi Federal College of Education, Ondo. He served as chairman of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Adeyemi College, Ondo, and later became the national vice-president and immediate past national president of COEASU.