LAGOS, NIGERIA– Nigerian Breweries Plc has officially flagged off the 12th edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year competitors.
The highly anticipated yearly effort is designed to acknowledge, value, and reward impressive main and secondary school teachers for their vital contributions to the nation’s educational sector.
Declaring this year’s edition open, the Company Secretary, Legal Director, and Secretary to the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, Mr Uaboi Agbebaku, stated that the competition remains a core pillar of the company’s Business Social Duty masterplan.
He emphasised that the effort aims to commemorate the crucial function instructors play in shaping the lives of Nigerian kids.
Unmatched Bounty Awaits the 2026 Winner
Because its creation in 2015, the Maltina Instructor of the Year platform has grown greatly, receiving no fewer than 11,723 entries, while producing 305 state champs and 11 overall national winners.
For the 12th edition, the organisers have actually partnered with Honda Automobile Nigeria Limited for the very first time, and this would significantly upgrade the grand prize bundle.
The 2026 reward structure is as follows:
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Grand National Winner: A new Honda HR-V SUV, a 10 million cash prize, fully funded international capability development training, a personalized infrastructural advancement task for their school, and a 1 year complimentary supply of Maltina.
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Very first Runner-Up: A 5 million cash prize.
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Second Runner-Up: A 3 million cash prize.
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State Champions: 1 million cash prize for every regional champion across the federation.
Qualified public and private school instructors can apply straight by visiting the devoted competitors website at www.maltinateacheroftheyear.com. Alternatively, candidates can download the physical kind, fill it out, scan it, and email it to [
e-mail safeguarded] or send it to any Nigerian brewery workplace, and their entry will
still stand. Registration is complimentary for all instructors. Check out Also: 2025 Maltina teacher of the year: Young Makoko young boy motivates as Abuja teacher emerges winner. Eligibility for Registration Need to be a teacher in any public or private primary or secondary school in Nigeria. Should be duly registered with the Educators Registration Council of Nigeria
(TRCN ). Need to not be more than 55 years of age.
Stakeholders Overview Extreme Deficits Facing Educators
While commending Nigerian Breweries for single-handedly raising the social status of Nigerian teachers, labour union leaders at the flag-off event utilized the medium to lament the harsh socio-economic realities facing class teachers nationwide.
The State Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Educators (NUT), Lagos State Wing, Mr Olugbenga Ayetoba, alongside the President of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Lagos State, Mr Olusola Masheyi, voiced deep regret over the bad remuneration, substandard working conditions, and intensifying security risks dealing with schools in Oyo State where instructors and students were abducted as a case study.
They noted that the mentor profession has actually suffered deep systemic neglect from successive federal governments, which has actually made the vocation less appealing to top-tier talent.
This reality has ultimately caused a decline in the overall quality of basic education across the nation.
Speaking throughout an executive panel session entitled “How Educational Support Can Improve Knowing Outcomes for Teachers and Trainees,” the Lagos State Organizer of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Princess Adaobi Ekwuno, advised all levels of government to right away update standard infrastructure in public schools to support contemporary digital learning tools.
The 2026 competitors enjoys full recommendation from the Federal Ministry of Education and is technically supported by the NUT, ANCOPSS, and the TRCN.
The Maltina Teacher of the Year Hall of Popularity The nationwide winner of this year’s edition will join an elite hall of previous champs who have actually gone on to act as academic ambassadors across West Africa. Below are previous winners of this prominent competition
The entry window is officially open, and the selection panel, making up prominent academics and industry heads, will start arranging local portfolios ahead of the grand finale set up for later on this academic year.