A 37-year-old teacher at Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha is now Nigerian best secondary school teacher.
Rose Nkemdilim Obi who has been teaching Chemistry and Mathematics for the past 12 years when she had her first degree emerged as the best following her emergence as the overall winner of this year’s Maltina Teacher of the Year. She was declared winner among 10 state finalists at the award ceremony in Lagos on Monday. Unfortunately, only 19 out of the 36 states of the federation had their entries found worthy for recognition by the independent panel of judges constituted for the purpose and led by Professor Pat Utomi.Maltina Teacher of the Year Award is an initiative of Felix-Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund on the stable of Nigerian Breweries Plc as its corporate social responsibility to recognise, celebrate and motivate hadworking and committed Nigerian teachers. This year’s edition is the first in the series with the hope to make it a yearly affair.
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