Kotabaru, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Two schools in the District of Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, have won the 2024 National Adiwiyata or Green School, a prestigious award in the field of environment-based education.
Kotabaru Regent H Sayed Jafar congratulated the schools for their success and thanked the efforts of all parties involved. He hopes this achievement can continue to be improved and followed by other schools.
"I congratulate and thank all parties, school principals, teachers and students, school committees, as well as Environment Agency and activists. Hopefully this appreciation will be a trigger for students and schools to care more about the environment and a sustainable future," said the Regent as reported on Sunday.
The two schools that won the award were the public elementary school SDN Sungai Taib, Pulaulaut Utara Sub-district, and the public senior high school SMA Negeri 1 Kelumpang Hilir Sub-district.
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The handover of the award was held by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Human Resources Extension at the Manggala Wanabakti Building, Jakarta.
The award was handed over by Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong accompanied by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology's Expert Staff for Regulation Nur Syarifah.
Head of Kotabaru Environment Agency H M Maulidiansyah said that the agency keeps on encouraging schools to be green or Adiwiyata, namely a school that cares about the environment and implement an environmentally friendly lifestyle, to encourage awareness and knowledge of school residents in environmental conservation efforts.
He said this year the agency had also proposed a number of schools to win the Adiwiyata for provincial level and it is currently in progress.
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