The Teachers’ Excellence Award was instituted by the Foundation in August 2018 during the Annual Lecture to celebrate teachers that have demonstrated excellence in the impartation of knowledge to students in public secondary schools in Lagos.

The 2021 edition was held for teachers in Lagos Education District IV; comprising of secondary school teachers in Apapa, Mainland and Surulere zones. To arrive at the winners, students and staff of each school were required to nominate a teacher and this led to an initial pool of 94 nominees from 94 schools. Some members of the Board of Trustees then put all the candidates through stringent evaluation using a combination of information on the CV and those earlier gathered from the field. After due appraisal, the candidates for RDSF 2021 Teachers’ Excellence Awards emerged. The grand prize of N250,000 went to Mrs Eucharia Nwenyi. Mrs Martha Jesuleke was the 1^st runner-up with a cash prize of N150,000 while Mr Adeniji Lookman Obansanjo was 2^nd runner-up with a cash prize of N100,000.

At the maiden edition in 2018, nominees were limited to public schools in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The star prize of N250,000.00 went to Mrs. Felicia C. Olugo who was also given a certificate of merit in commemoration of the award. Mr Ajayi Olakunle Sheu and Mrs. Adejumo-Abe Victoria came second and third with cash prizes of N75,000.00 and N50,000.00 respectively. The 2019 awardees received same cash awards and certificates of merit. The winner of the star prize was Ms. Layeni Abiola while Mr. Olowo Hakeem Oladele and Mr. Otafuwa A.B won the 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.