The Nigerian Brewery Plc, on Tuesday in Lagos, announced the commencement of entries for the 2021 edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year competition.
Entries for the 7th edition of the competition begin today, Tuesday 20th April to Friday, June 25th, 2021.
Mrs. Shade Morgan, Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, organiser and sponsor of the competition, announced the kick-off at a press conference in Lagos.
Morgan declared that the seven-year-old initiative had continued to impact, motivate teachers, promote the teaching profession and quality learning across the country.
The competition that had been on the Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, is to identify, showcase and celebrate exemplary teachers in both the public and private secondary schools nationwide.
The 2021 winner of the competition would go home with a trophy and a N6.5million cash prize.
Besides, the winner would also benefit from an all-expense paid capacity development training abroad, while the school represented would equally get a block of six classrooms or computer laboratory depending on the needs of the school.
A breakdown of the winning prize shows that aside from the N500,000 as state champion, the winner also wins N1 million as a national champion and would also be paid N1 million yearly for the next five years provided he or she remains in the teaching profession.
Morgan explained that all participants must be certified by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
According to her, the first and second runner-ups would receive N1 million and N750,000 respectively, in addition to another N500,000 as champions from their respective states, saying that other state champions would go home with N500,000 each.
Since its inception, the Maltina Teacher of the Year initiative has produced six grand winners; Rose Nkemdilim Obi, Anambra (2015), Imoh Essien, Akwa Ibom (2016), Felix Ariguzo, Delta State (2017), Olasunkanmi Opeifa, FCT (2018), Ezem Collins (2019) and Anani Olubunmi Adamawa (2020).
At the hybrid event, Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye, in his remarks online, lauded NBL through the Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund for sustaining the competition that had promoted excellence and put the names of teachers in Nigeria in the global arena.
Ajiboye described the Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition as a permanent feature in the nation’s education calendar and pledged continued support of TRCN in uplifting the rating of teachers in the country.
In the same vein, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers(NUT), Dr. Idris Nasir, represented by Mr. Segun Raheem, the National Treasurer urged other corporate organisations to take a queue from the NBL initiative that had become a platform for demonstration of excellence by teachers in Nigeria.
Besides, the reigning champion, Anani Oluwabunmi of Concordia College, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State, who was part of the briefing online, said the award had added to her confidence and enhanced her rating as a teacher.
