This concerns five educational institutions that have been awarded the Silver Certificate: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Primary School, Lahmada Primary School Group, Markala Primary School Group (Assa-Zag Province), as well as the Battle of Dcheira Primary School (Tan-Tan Province), and Sheikh Ma El Ainin Primary School (Sidi Ifni Province). Two institutions received the Bronze Certificate: Al-Inbiath Primary School (Tan-Tan Province) and Taklit Primary School Group (Guelmim Province).
Students Maha Hayal and Amira Hassani from the 30 June Middle School in Sidi Ifni Province were also honoured for winning the awareness prize in the "Journalistic Video" category for the 2023-2024 academic year, as part of the "Young Reporters for the Environment" programme.
This ceremony was organised on the sidelines of the conclusion of regional training workshops held by the Regional Academy of Education and Training on 25 and 26 December at the Ibn Al-Haytham Centre, attached to the new Second Chance School in Tan-Tan, which targeted facilitators of the "Eco-Schools" and "Young Reporters for the Environment" programmes.
This training workshop, supervised by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, falls within the framework of the partnership between the Foundation and the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, which aims to promote environmental education and the work of environmental clubs in educational institutions.
This educational ceremony also served as an opportunity to launch the "Eco-Schools" and "Young Reporters for the Environment" programmes for the 2024-2025 academic year.
In a speech on the occasion, the Director of the Regional Academy of Education and Training for the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, Abdelmajid Sahel, praised the effective role played by educational staff across the region in instilling a spirit of ecological citizenship in the youth, consolidating their environmental awareness, sensitising them to environmental challenges, and making them aware of the impact of their daily behaviour on the environment.
He emphasised that this educational meeting is part of celebrating the educational institutions involved in the "Eco-Schools" and "Young Reporters for the Environment" programmes, in order to develop environmental awareness and the importance of preserving the environment among students, as well as developing communication skills and establishing a culture of sustainable development within the school environment.
For his part, the National Coordinator of Environmental and Sustainable Development Programmes at the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, Moubarak Meziane, confirmed that this meeting is an opportunity to honour the efforts of students, educational and administrative staff, and school partners, as well as to motivate them to continue their journey successfully and to restore confidence in the Moroccan school system and strengthen its position within society. He considered that celebrating excellence and talent and adopting a culture of distinction and transforming it into an institutional culture comes as an implementation of the frameworks governing comprehensive educational reform.
In turn, the Head of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development Programmes at the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Meriem Khadari, confirmed that the Foundation, as a key partner of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, has worked to integrate sustainable development goals into curricula through training and educational activities and by providing pedagogical tools to facilitate the understanding of programmes for students, change their behaviour towards the environment for the better, and transfer what they practice inside the school to outside their surroundings.
This ceremony, hosted by Bir Anzarane School, was marked by the presentation of environmental artistic performances created by students from a number of schools involved in the "Eco-Schools" and "Young Reporters for the Environment" programmes, as well as the organisation of an environmental exhibition produced by environmental clubs on waste recycling and reuse, energy, and water conservation, in addition to various segments of singing, theatre, and poetry.
