NB Flags-Off 2017 Maltina Teacher Of The Year

L-R: Mr. Wole Oyeniyi Deputy General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Mr. Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Mr. Imoh Essien, 2016 winner, Maltina Teacher of the Year; Professor Aloy Ejiogu, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, guest presenterand Mr. Frank Udofia, Honourable Commissioner for Education, Akwa Ibom, at the flag-off of the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Tuesday

Nigerian Breweries Plc has flagged-off the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year initiative. In an event attended by key education stakeholders across the country, the Managing Director of the company, Mr Nicolaas Vervelde, represented by the Corporate Affairs Adviser, Mr Kufre Ekanem said that applications for the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year opened yesterday, Tuesday, May 9, 2017.

Interested teachers are advised to download application forms from the Maltina website – www.maltina-nigeria.com. Application forms should be completed and uploaded to the website or sent by email to maltinateacheroftheyear@heineken.com or post to P.M.B. 12632, Marina, Lagos.

Applications are accepted from both Public and Private Secondary School teachers across the country and entries will close on Friday, July 7, 2017.

Like last year, each State Champion will get Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000.00) and the Top 10 teachers will be recognized before the grand winners are announced. The 2^nd and 1^st runners-up will receive trophies and an additional Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N750, 000.00) and One Million Naira (N1, 000, 000.00) respectively.

The Maltina Teacher of the Year 2017 will get an additional One Million Naira (N1, 000, 000.00) instantly plus One Million Naira every year for the next five years, a development training opportunity abroad and a block of classrooms built at the school where he/she teaches.

The grand finale is scheduled for October 12, 2017.

L-R: Mr. Wole Oyeniyi, Deputy General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Teachers; Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi, Permanent Sectary, Office of the Deputy Governor and representative of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State; Mr. Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Mr. Essien Imoh, 2016 winner, Maltina Teacher of the Yearand Professor Aloy Ejiogu, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos and guest presenter at the flag-off of the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Tuesday

L-R: Mr. Wole Oyeniyi, Deputy General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Teachers; Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi, Permanent Sectary, Office of the Deputy Governor and representative of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State; Mr. Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Mr. Imoh Essien, 2016 winner, Maltina Teacher of the Year and Professor Aloy Ejiogu, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos and guest presenter at the flag-off of the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Tuesday.

L-R: Professor Aloy Ejiogu, Department of Educational Management, University of Lagos, guest presenter; Mr. Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi, Permanent Secretary, Deputy Governor’s Office, representative of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State and Mr. Imoh Essien, 2016 Maltina Teacher of the Year at the flag-off of the 2017 Maltina Teacher of the Year in Lagos on Tuesday.