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Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by sunnyb0b0(m): 6:23am On Oct 16, 2015
For her passionate desire to bring out the best in students and help create a workforce that would redeem the image of Nigeria, a Chemistry and Mathematics teacher from Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) Onitsha, Mrs. Nkemdilim Rose Obi, has emerged winner of the 2015 Maltina-Teacher of the-Year-Award.

The award instituted by the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund was aimed at restoring the pride of teachers and the dignity of the teaching profession.

The race for the award, which generated unprecedented interest from teachers across the country, started on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

For emerging the overall winner, Obi won N1m cash prize and another N1m to be paid into her account yearly for five years on every World Teachers day. Her school (FGGC, Onitsha) would be a beneficiary of infrastructural development and projects worth N25m.

The second and third place winner, an English Language teacher from Federal Government College, Borno, Mohammed Binta Lawan, and a Chemistry teacher from Northern Annang Commercial School, Akwa Ibom State, Daniel Sunday Udiong, went home with N750,000 each, respectively.

This is aside from N500,000 cash prize for each of the 19 state champions, from which the last 10 and then the winners were drawn.

Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Monday night, the chairman of the panel of judges and Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi, stressed the need for teachers to be regularly exposed to training.

He said but for the groups that were competent and grounded on the job, some of the findings on teachers’ competency during the screening were disappointing.

He said, “We looked at the passion they have for teaching, their general competence on their subject and a particular philosophy of teaching that they deployed to be effective with the students, their commitment to long-term goal.”

“If, indeed, Nigeria desires to solve the challenges of national progress, she must educate her citizens, and teachers are central in this. We need to continually train our teachers to be able to keep them up with the speed of the world. And teachers must be encouraged to learn how to learn.”

Speaking with The Guardian shortly after receiving her award, 37-year old Obi, and a graduate of Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, said her desire to expose students to rudiments of learning and guide them in career development is her staying power as several opportunities to leave the profession due to poor remuneration has presented itself.

Obi, a masters degree holder, whose mum was also a teacher said, “I have succeeded in shifting from a traditional method of teaching to a discussion-based methodology. The strategy brings about a synergy between what happens in the classroom and what happens real life. It brings out analytical skills from students.

“I am following my mum’s footsteps, my mum was a teacher, and I also have passion to bring out the best from students. Give them the best training and get them prepared to enter the workforce of the country. Secondary education is very important in career development, thus my resolve to give the best to students,” she said.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/10/anambra-female-tutor-emerges-teacher-of-the-year/

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Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by sunnyb0b0(m): 6:24am On Oct 16, 2015
See what Segun Adeniyi, one of the Judges had to say about the event and Anambra in particular;

At an impressive ceremony in Lagos on Monday evening, the Nigerian Breweries Plc-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund held the first Maltina Teacher of the Year Awards. Moderated by Frank Edoho (‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’), it was a night of fun with a fantastic Jazz band, “Platinum Blazers,” and comedy merchant, Gbenga Adeyinka, reminding many us of those good old days when men were boys! As an aside, interviewing the finalists provided its own entertainment and drama. One of the men who called himself the “Barack Obama of teaching profession” gave us a lot to laugh about. Another said he is so good that his students call him “Obama”.  And yet another said he is known in his school as Barack Obama because of his teaching prowess. So among just five male teachers, we had three Obamas. Just how lucky can a nation be!

On Monday, Mrs Rose Obi Nkemdilim from Anambra State emerged the “Best Teacher in Nigeria”. She won N1.5 million on the night plus five million Naira cash spread over five years. Additionally, she will be sent abroad for further training while the Federal Government Girls College, Onitsha where she teaches, also gets a fully furnished block of six classrooms, courtesy of NBL. “Teaching is a noble profession, it is a calling, it is a commitment to building the nation” said the 37 year—old teacher of mathematics and chemistry whose mother, also a teacher, could not contain her excitement at the occasion.

The second prize went to Mrs Binta Lawan Mohammed from Federal Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State who bagged a cash award of N1.5 million. She said most memorably that teaching is her life and that not even insurgency would prevent her from following her passion. Daniel Sunday Udiong from Akwa Ibom State who came third got N1.25 million. In all, there were 19 state champions and 16 of them (outside the top three) went home with N500,000 each.

However, notwithstanding the glitz and glamour at the Monday event, what our experience on the assignment has signposted clearly is that there is crisis in the Nigerian education sector, even though I hasten to add that there is also hope, if we do the needful. But we must commend the NBL for the idea of celebrating and motivating teachers in Nigeria with a focus on public secondary schools.  “Everywhere in the world, teachers play a vital role in training, coaching and determining the quality of education, and this is critical to sustainable national development. Our objective is to create an avenue where exceptional teachers will be showcased and rewarded annually and continuously”, said Kufre Ekanem, the NBL Corporate Affairs Adviser, while inaugurating our panel of six judges in August this year.

Chaired by Professor Pat Utomi, other members included: Professor (Mrs) Mopelola Omoegun, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos; Professor Thomas Ofuya, Vice Chancellor, Wellspring University, Benin City; Professor Tijjani Abubakar, Dean, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; and Dr. (Mrs.) Fatima Binta Abdulrahman, National President, All-Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS). Among the six judges, I am the only one who doesn’t operate within the education sector.

The process itself kicked off in May when the entry forms were advertised in the media with interested teachers asked a set of eligibility questions which included how long they have been teaching, the subjects being taught and in what class. They were also expected to list the awards (if any) ever received. In Section 2, each applicant was asked to write, in not more than 750 words, their “strategic approach in teaching students that impacted or improved their performance in the last 12 months.” Under this section, each teacher was to provide a case study with the topic and background of strategy, innovative and instructional practices, challenges encountered, how such were resolved etc.

Before our work commenced, the consultants employed by the NBL were able to work through the entries to shortlist 275 valid application forms from 32 states of the federation and Abuja. But at our first meeting in Lagos on August 11, we agreed on the marking schemes and what scores to award to each question. The idea was that each of us would separately mark all the 275 scripts and the marks would be tallied with the average scores taken. We initially set the pass mark at 55 percent but it was later reviewed downwards to 50 percent after marking the scripts, for obvious reasons. But we also agreed from the beginning that we would have a final interview session with ten states champions and that held on October 2 this year. That was the session that clinched it for Mrs Nkemdilim who was crowned Teacher of the Year on Monday.

However, our experience, marking the scripts (which cost me sleepless nights for more than a week) was very revealing. Many of the teachers did not understand the questions they were asked and thus wrote, for want of a better description, utter nonsense! What makes that a serious issue is that this was a form each filled without any supervision and at their pleasure. “The process was particularly enlightening in the weak comprehension skills of those who teach young minds. This is alarming and shows the need for intense use of English in further education for teachers”, said Professor Utomi. As he argued, even for those who teach science subjects, “knowledge can be of limited value if they cannot communicate what they know to students”.

Notwithstanding, there were also some silver linings. For instance, there is something that the Anambra State education authorities must be doing right not only because the best teacher comes from there but also because it is the state where many of the teachers scored above average. Perhaps that accounts for why candidates from the state continue to come tops in WAEC examinations every year. It is also gratifying that the teachers who performed well in the exercise are in the sciences (especially mathematics, physics and chemistry) as well as English. We could also see the commitment of many teachers who have taught for decades, including those who have written instructional books etc. These old war horses need greater encouragement from us all.

Whether those in authority understand it or not, teachers are central to the production of high quality human capital and providing incentives that would make life easier for them could make all the difference. Afterall, we all owe much of what we are today to our former teachers. However, while we must commend the Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde-led NBL management for the initiative of rewarding teachers in the public schools, the point we need to underscore is that the challenge of education in Nigeria is beyond the poor reward system. The environment too must change in terms of the infrastructure critical for learning and the disposition of those in authorities.

From our interactions with the teachers, there are many schools without functional laboratories while in one particular state, public primary schools were effectively closed for almost one year due to non-payment of teachers’ salaries. With such foundation, has the future of children in that state not already been compromised? But the greater challenge is that the critical stakeholders in both the private and public sectors do not seem to be paying the much needed attention.

The 21st Nigerian Economic Summit, with the theme, “Tough Choices: Achieving Competitiveness, Inclusive Growth and Sustainability” ends today in Abuja. With the tone set on Monday by the CEO of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Laoye Jaiyeola and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (who led discussion and stayed throughout yesterday’s session on reforming public institutions), one thing most participants were agreed on was that human capital development is essential to any efforts to rebuild the nation.  

Unfortunately, aside Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, who used her public service experience to draw attention to some systemic problems, there was not much discussion on education at the all-important session and it was not a prime issue in other sessions either. Yet, if the education sector is not reformed in our country, all other developmental efforts would be in vain. It is therefore my hope that President Muhammadu Buhari will put a serious and reform-minded person in the ministry of education to tackle the rot within while putting in place enduring structures to reposition the sector. It is very important for this administration and other critical stakeholders to understand that the classroom remains the central location of Nigeria's hope for change.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/teaching-computer-on-chalkboard/222767/
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by IykeChukz(m): 6:26am On Oct 16, 2015
Good tidings to you...



Congratulations Nwanyi Oma!
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by Nobody: 6:30am On Oct 16, 2015
Hardwork do pay...
Good luck sisi
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by sunnyb0b0(m): 6:33am On Oct 16, 2015
Lalasticlala, Seun, Ishilove over to you guys.
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by pet4ril(f): 6:35am On Oct 16, 2015
Indeed hard work pays.... always bring ot the best in you and impact on people, no one knows tomorrow
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by AustineE1: 6:42am On Oct 16, 2015
God bless all the wonderful teachers,they are the true un-sung heros.
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by patrick89(m): 7:09am On Oct 16, 2015
Listening to her, she was very eloquent and articulate, I did believe she is actually teaching secondary school.
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by patrick89(m): 7:10am On Oct 16, 2015
Cc lalasticlala
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by patrick89(m): 7:10am On Oct 16, 2015
Cc lalasticlala do the needful
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by chinology: 7:11am On Oct 16, 2015
Nwanne, she is actually my cousin.



patrick89:
Listening to her, she was very eloquent and articulate, I did believe she is actually teaching secondary school.
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by CCsurplus007(m): 7:17am On Oct 16, 2015
Kudos to all hardworking teachers. Congrats Mrs Nkem
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by Ebukaobi: 7:20am On Oct 16, 2015
patrick89:
Cc lalasticlala do the needful
sunnyb0b0:
Lalasticlala, Seun, Ishilove over to you guys.


Lalasticlala put this story on the front page 2 days ago

I will advise you to look for it so you can make your contributions there.

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Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by LastSurvivor: 7:49am On Oct 16, 2015
Good work Madam.. And somebody once said that easterners are only known for business while they still win best in everything about education in Nigeria like waec, neco n co.. thumbs up
Re: Anambra Female Tutor Emerges ‘teacher Of The Year’ by sunnyb0b0(m): 7:56am On Oct 16, 2015
Ebukaobi:



Lalasticlala put this story on the front page 2 days ago

I will advise you to look for it so you can make your contributions there.

Thanks for drawing my attention to it.

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