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1st May 2019, was a day of
excitement, when the environment team from DPS Sharjah attended
the Environment Excellence School Award function at Al Jawahar
Convention Centre, Sharjah. The award is an ongoing competition
launched by Bee’ah School of Environment, a Sharjah-based waste
management body, designed to help school teachers and instruct
students on environmental responsibility.
It spreads awareness on all environmental aspects such as
preserving natural resources, reducing waste disposal and
conserving water.
The awards recognized the projects based on its creativity,
innovation and environmental sustainability of implementing the
3R’s – reduce, re-use, recycle – implemented within the schools’
activities.
Delhi Private School Sharjah won the second prize in the
large school category by collecting 30 tons of recyclable
materials, winning a cash prize of 10,000 and third place in the
innovation Project with a cash prize of 10,000.
An environmental enthusiast from grade12, Ruben Simon Roys’s
environmental efforts won him fourth place for ‘outstanding
individual student achievement.
The DPS trailblazer of Sustainability, Ms. Anjum Hasan
who has already won the Outstanding teacher award -The Sharjah
Awareness Environment Award (SEAA) twice made a remarkable HAT
Trick this year being the only WINNER in in the
Environment Excellence School Award outshining in the
UAE.(The competition has been open to all 7 emirates since 2017
which was only restricted to Sharjah
before).
The team claims that it is the collective effort of each student
and teacher who were involved to set DPS Sharjah as a leading
example. The Director& Principal, Ms. Vandana Marwaha, while
congratulating the team, stated that “Our real satisfaction
comes from knowing that our work is having a positive effect on
the environment and this honour has brought a huge
responsibility as well, in safe guarding the planet”.
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