Students praised for protecting environment

Students from El Dorado West, Bon Air Secondary Schools and St Anthony’s College were yesterday praised by Minister of Education Anthony Garcia for their participation in two separate projects to protect and preserve the environment.

In a release, Garcia said students at El Dorado West Secondary School, in collaboration with the RBC Young Leaders Project, recently took part in the “WE Campaign” to create a nation which produces less waste and encourages the conservation of our wildlife.

He said students began the programme at school by enforcing a recycling system which encouraged the student population to recycle their used bottles and also brought awareness to the number of plastic items that were used on a daily basis.

He said another group of 41 students and teachers from Bon Air Secondary School and St Anthony’s College, successfully executed a similar Educational Awareness and Beach Clean Up exercise, removing 26 bags of garbage from the Chaguaramas Beach on March, 21. The exercise was initiated as part of the Marine Environment Education Programme in TT (MEEPTT), at the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA).

Garcia urged all students to get involved in more of civic minded exercises and to let the experience serve as a motivation to make a positive difference in society, and to continue working towards making TT a better place.