EEG organizes its eighth Inter School Environmental Public Speaking Competition

This public speech production competition is a well anticipated event that supplies a platform for networking, sharing and learning. Under the backing of H. E. Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali, Curate of Education, this twelvemonth it attracted well above 600 pupils and invitees with 92 participating squads from schools all over UAE, creating a record in the history of this competition by being the greatest so far and covering schools from all the seven emirates. Nearly 30% of the participating schools gave their presentation in Arabic. This alone bi-lingual eco-contest promoted a good trade of research apart from presentation and oratory skills. The over arching aim was to heighten the degree of cognize how and public duty on environmental issues by creating consciousness in the early old age of life and facilitating an informed people for future. It aimed at motivating the immature to follow sustainable wonts and patterns throughout their professional and personal lives. As always, the event generated excitement, wonder and the pursuit for environmental survey and research. It received a great trade of positive feedback from participants and invitees alike. Having an equal figure of male and female speakers, it was a two twenty-four hours event with the first twenty-four hours being dedicated to pupils from the age grouping of 12 -15 old age (Sub senior) while the 2nd twenty-four hours had pupils belonging to the age grouping of 16 -18 old age (Senior) presenting their views. The presence of a assortment audience consisting of pupils and managers of participating institutions, and a figure of very important person invitees added to the feeling of fight and an inducement to out-perform each other. On behalf of the Ministry of Education Ms. Khawla Almulla honoured the event by her presence, both in the gap and shutting ceremony. She also joined the patrons and Mrs. Sara Baker, electroencephalogram - executive director commission member, in handing out the trophies and certifications to the victors of the competition during the awarding ceremony. The Winners for the different subjects were: Our World in a Hundred Years:
The Millenium School - Dubai
Our Seas - Our Future: Aluminum Salam Private School - Dubai
Living in a Plastic World: Aluminum Wehda Secondary School - Abu Dhabi
Clean Energy - 21st Century Trend: Umm Amar School for Secondary Education - Abu Dhabi The overall winning school who received the Peal Trophy for this twelvemonth was: aluminum SALAM private school - DUBAI
The competition was judged by academicians from different universities and colleges who have got participated in EEG's Intercollegiate Populace Speaking Competitions in former cycles. The engagement of these Judges helped add value to their environmental activities and spread out EEG's web of resourceful people. It also gave the judges, an penetration into the capablenesses of the pupils at that immature age and how these could be developed additional to go the true keepers of this planet. The Judges allotted Marks based on lucidity of speech, originality of ideas, environmental impact/solution, and the presentation of research evidence. Based on the regulations of the competition a school that pulls off to win three modern times will be entitled to maintain the peal trophy. However since the start of this competition, no school have been able to accomplish this feat, which turns out the fight of the participating schools twelvemonth after year. At a clip when there is mounting grounds around the human race of the impact of human behaviour on the planet in the short and long term, the menace to future sustainability, security and peace; events such as as these supply a bracing and much needed platform for raising the streamer of public concern and responsibility. The competition was also effectual in establishing that environmental issues cut across geographical boundary lines and socio-cultural differences, and pressing and combined action from all may be the solution to a better corporate future. While uncontrolled forces, both human and natural, volition lend to the course of study of events like bio-diversity, pollution, acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion and clime change; informed decision-making will play a critical function to determine the future. Focus on using energy more efficiently and reducing its C strength will be everybody's responsibility. Universal Joint ends and aims should be put up for the countries, the communities and for every stakeholder in the society. Once again, this year's two twenty-four hours event was supported by EEG's corporate members Aluminum Safi Baseball Club for Friends of the Environment and JW Marriott, Dubai. Congratulating the participating pupils for their brilliant populace presentation and confident attitude, Mrs. Sara Baker, once again lauded the dedication and attempts of all that contributed to the successful decision of the 8th rhythm of the inter school environmental public speech production competition.