Anambra State has won nine national honours at the 2026 President’s Teachers’ and Schools’ Excellence Awards.
The state emerged overall winner in eight categories and first runner-up in another.
Details show that the state emerged overall best in Public Primary School Administrator, Public Junior Secondary School Administrator, Private Junior Secondary School Teacher, and Public Primary School Teacher.
It also came tops in Private Junior Secondary School, Private Senior Secondary School, Private Junior Secondary School Administrator and Private Primary School categories, as well as first runner-up in the Best Public Secondary School Teacher category.
The nine awards won by the state represent half of the 18 honours presented at the national awards, highlighting the strong performance of teachers, school administrators and schools from the state.
Among the awardees was Mrs Gloria Nkolika Odionu of Awada Primary School 4, Obosi, who emerged Overall Best Public Primary School Administrator in Nigeria. She received a Jetour black Jeep as part of the prize for the award.
Another Anambra awardee, Mrs Agatha Chika Ofojindu of Urban Boys Secondary School, Onitsha, was named Best Public Junior Secondary School Administrator in Nigeria and received a tricycle as her prize. Anambra awardees also won a tricycle, deep freezers and laptops across the various categories
The remarkable thing is that the achievement cuts across both public and private schools, with teachers, administrators and schools collectively earning national recognition and further placing Anambra’s education sector in the spotlight and the success was seen as another significant recognition of excellence in teaching, school administration and educational development in Anambra State.
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