Ministry of National Education initiated the Environmentally Friendly 1000 Schools Project. The project was introduced at a ceremony attended by the Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer and the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum.
Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer stated that they are carrying out projects together with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in order to instill a sustainable world and environmental awareness in students. Minister Özer said that the subject of climate change has been added to the curriculum and that, for the first time, trainings on environment and climate change were given with the contents created in the Teacher Information Network (ÖBA), which started to serve teachers during the break. Özer stated that although there is no compulsory education, nearly 100 thousand teachers benefit from it. He emphasized that the ‘Environmentally Friendly 1000 Schools Project’ is one of the steps taken by the two ministries together.
THE PROJECT WILL COVER ALL SCHOOLS
Within the scope of the project, they have determined a thousand schools, at least one in all districts. Minister Özer said, “We wanted to have at least one environmentally friendly school in every district. Administrators, teachers and students from other schools in that district will come here, see the applications and transfer them to their own schools. Our goal is to start
Stating that solar energy panels and rainwater storage units will be installed in the designated schools, Özer continued his words as follows:
“Libraries will be zero waste. Organic wastes in cafeterias and canteens will be converted into compost and our children will grow plants with these composts. will grow.”
“TREAM LEAKS WHILE LONG”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s wife, Emine Erdogan, who pioneered many sustainable projects social media He announced the “Environmentally Friendly 1000 Schools Project” of the Ministry of National Education to the citizens with the following words.
“The “Environmentally Friendly 1,000 Schools” project, which aims to make our children experience environmental and nature awareness at an early age, is extremely valuable.
I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who contributed to the project where the proverb “The tree bends when it is wet” is fully met.”
