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Sharjah / WAM
The Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah (EPAA), honoured the winners of the sixth edition of the Sharjah Sustainability Award (SSA), for Schools and Colleges.
The honouring ceremony was attended by Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh, Under-Secretary of the Minister of Education for Academic Affairs; Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, Chairperson of EPAA; Prof. Dr. Rashad Salem, Vice Chancellor of Al Qasimia University,
the jury members, several participants, environmentalists, schoolchildren and university students.
56 schools that participated in SSA competed for 11 awards, in addition to a number of universities, namely: The American University of Sharjah, University of Sharjah, Al Qasimia University and Skyline University College. The Green School category was introduced under the SSA school category. Under the university category, Green College was introduced in the sixth round.
Commenting on the event, Al Suwaidi said that the SSA initiative has a national and educational value. It also fosters the spirit of competition among different students in schools and universities in order to contribute to the conduct of scientific research in the environmental field.
Al Suwaidi added that the SSA also aims to promote the innovative environmental projects that help in conservation of natural resources, serving and improving the environment to achieve a green environment within an environmentally sustainable framework.
Praising the participating projects, the SSA jury highlighted the importance of the Sharjah Sustainability Award as a pioneering environmental initiative aimed at developing awareness and ensuring the principles of sustainable development.
Expressing their happiness and pleasure, the winners described the honouring as an incentive for them for future progress and innovation. It further increases prospects of excellence and creativity, they added.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the EPAA honoured the cooperating institutions and the jury members.