The Federal Government has announced an award for the best teacher in each of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas during the 2020 World Teachers’ Day event slated for October 5.
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing the media on government’s preparedness for the celebration of World Teachers’ Day.
He said the award is organised to appreciate and recognise teachers’ “motivation of productivity and quality service delivery,” adding that each category has three levels that totals 24 awards.
The government also said the criteria for the nomination of potential awardees have been sent to all state ministries of education and the Federal Capital Territory. He however said only 24 states have responded with submissions for the award categories.
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According to the minister, there is an existing template for assessment of teachers’ performance, though he did not disclose the criteria for selection and the list of states that did not submit the nominations for the award.
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He also said that the awards would be in five categories; best public school, best approved private school, best public school teacher, best approved private school teacher, and best school administrator. He, however, did not mention what shape or form the awards themselves would take.
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