This year’s edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year competition is already generating frenzy among teachers across the country as hopes are high on winning the top prizes of the competition. Entries for the competition, which is open to all secondary school teachers in Nigeria, both in public and private secondary schools, close on Friday, June 25, 202.
To win the top prizes, teachers are to download, fill, scan and send their applications to maltinateacheroftheyear@heineken.com or click on www..maltinateacheroftheyear.com/
The competition has as a First national Prize, the payment of N1, 500,000.00 instantly and N1,000,000.00 annually for 5 years. The top winner is also exposed to capacity development training while his/her school gets a fully equipped block of classrooms or computer laboratory. A State Champion goes home with N500,000. The Second Prize is N1, 000,000.00 instantly while the Third Prize is N750, 000.00. Any winner at national level is a state champion, with a N500,000 cash already in the kitty, as only state winners go to the national
Nigerian Breweries Plc, (NB Plc), producers of the Maltina drink brand, sponsors the Maltina Teacher of the Year Award, as one of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The initiative is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in education including the Nigeria Union of Teachers(NUT), All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS) and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
Nigerian Breweries as a pointer to its commitment improving education in Nigeria, set up the Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund in 1994 with a startup capital of 100 million Naira to enable sustained quality education through structured intervention in the sector.
The fund has constructed and furnished over 400 classrooms, sanitary facilities and libraries in 74 communities across the country. NB Plc have also granted scholarships to deserving students in tertiary institutions.
Since 2015 when the competition was introduced it has recognised a total of 118 teachers. Past op national winners are: Rose Nkemdilim Obi, a Mathematics and Chemistry teacher at Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha (2015); Imoh Essien, a teaches at the Special Education Center for Exceptional Children, Uyo (2016); Ariguzo Udochukwu, a seasoned registered educator and administrator (2017); Olasunkanmi, a teacher with Government Day Secondary School Karu, Abuja (2018); Ezem Collins, a teacher at the Royal Family Academy, Abuja (2019) and Oluwabunmi Ahoefa Anani, a teacher with Concordia College Yola-2020,
So who will be crowned Maltina teacher of the Year 2021?
