Greensprings Teacher Attains Top 1 Percentile in ITO, Gets $6,250 Scholarship  

Assistant Principal at Greensprings School, Anthony Campus, Lanre Oguntoye, has attained the Top 1 Percentile globally at the 2023 International Teacher Olympiad (ITO). 

The contest featured over 300,000 teachers from more than 10,000 schools across over 45 countries. 

For this achievement, he was awarded a certificate of merit and a scholarship worth $6,250 for the International Teachers University’s Master’s in Education (M.Ed.) programme. 

The ITO is a rigorous assessment programme evaluating teachers across six essential domains of professional practice: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Technology, Student Engagement, Learning Environment, Learning Assessment and Data, Ethics and Values, and Teacher Growth and Professional Development. 

Oguntoye’s outstanding performance in the assessment earned him the accolades. 

Other prizes and recognition he bagged include a direct nomination for the Teacher Impact Award by Suraasa, access to a six-month professional domain-wise development plan, and access to an exclusive community of teachers on Suraasa. 

Oguntoye was a recipient of the 2019 Inspirational Teacher of the Year Award by Meadow Hall Foundation (MHF), the Lagos State champion of the 2021 Maltina Teacher of the Year award, and the top 60 of the 2022 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Award.

“I am overjoyed to secure another international accolade through my Top 1% ranking in the International Teacher Olympiad. This achievement is a testament to the growth and professional development opportunities that I’ve embraced with gratitude,” stated Oguntoye. “I want to express my appreciation for the unwavering support and commitment to teaching excellence at Greensprings School, an institution that values and fosters the continuous growth of its educators.”