British Council celebrates Nigerian teacher for social action

A Nigerian teacher, Dr. Peter Ogudoro, has been celebrated in Lagos State by the British Council for outstanding social action in the education industry. He was celebrated at the Study UK Alumni Awards ceremony for Nigeria organised by the British Council at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos to celebrate the award finalists for Nigeria.

According to the British Council: “The Study UK Alumni Awards is a prestigious global awards scheme that finds and celebrates the outstanding alumni of UK Higher Education Institutions and the impact that they are having around the world.

“Award finalists are leaders who can articulate how they have used their UK education to make a difference in their professions, societies and countries. The global winners will be invited to the UK for a professional networking visit to build their networks and boost their careers.”

Ogudoro is one of the three finalists for Social Action in the race for the Global Awards, which will be announced later in the year.

The Nigerian Teachers community he founded in 2016, which now has a membership of about half a million members is one of his outstanding accomplishments that have earned him the honour.

The community is a free continuous professional development platform for Nigerian teachers and many other teachers who have joined them from around world.

Ogudoro told reporters at the event attended by the British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and other dignitaries that the Nigerian Teachers community, which is an online gathering of teachers and other education stakeholders with focus on the empowerment of teachers for learner-centred teaching and significant improvement of their own welfare in a grossly under-resourced education system.

He said that the platform has become the most vibrant teachers’ platform for learning and networking globally.

This ingenious platform won Ogudoro the Facebook Community Accelerator Award for 2021 and has become a major destination for education researchers around the world who have joined the community to learn about teaching practices in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

Ogudoro is an alumnus of the University of Reading in the UK where he earned a PhD in Education with emphasis on Career Management, Product and Innovation Diffusion, and Attitude Change. He earned a Master’s degree in Communication for Innovation and Development from the same institution.

Other members of the delegation include Ms Samuela Isopi, Ambassador, EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS and Mr. Thomas Boserup, Deputy Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission.