The study sought to determine the strategy for fostering creativity and innovation in public primary schools in Awka South Local Government Area. Two research questions guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Population comprises of 665 teachers in the 45 public primary schools in Awka South Local Government Area. Simple random sampling techniques was used to sample a total of 200 teacher respondents from 20 randomly sampled primary schools in the area of study. The instrument for data collection was a 26 structured questionnaire, designed by the researchers and titled: “Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Public Primary Schools (FCIPPS)”. To determine the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was used. The overall items yielded a co-efficient of 0.70 which was considered fit for the study. Findings revealed that the benefits of creativity and innovation includes creativity improves children`s imagination, it exposes pupils to learn new skills and develops problem solving skills in children among others. Findings also reveals that making use of hands-on activities, making use of scaffolding where children are allow to solve problem by themselves and allocating time in the class time table for creative work, among others are the strategies for fostering creativity and innovation among primary school pupils. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that government should organize workshops, conferences and seminars to acquaint teachers with the various strategies for fostering creativity and innovation to ensure that children`s creative and innovative abilities are constantly sharpened.