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Students interact with officials during a pollution-themed advocacy that was conducted at a number of schools in Kohima.[/caption]
Dimapur, Sep. 9 (EMN): The establishment of the Kohima Smart City in collaboration with the environment advocacy group Green Team Kohima is visiting government schools in Kohima town to educate the public on plastic pollution and waste segregation practices.
The joint chief executive officer of the Kohima Smart City issued a press release to the media on Monday informing about a visit to schools in the town recently. The programme is part of the ‘100 days Smart City campaign on sanitation,’ updates stated.
Two teams comprising Smart City officials and Green Team Kohima members visited the government middle school at Daklane and the government middle school at Aradura Lerie Chazou on the Sep. 9, the press release stated.
The members of the Kohima Smart City sought the permission of the district education officer of Kohima and the heads of schools to allot time in the morning assembly so that normal classes would not be disturbed, the updates stated.
According to the press release, the visiting teams gave short talks about plastic pollution and waste management. They conducted hands-on demonstration in waste segregation, the organisers stated.
Posters with Naga characters and slogans about cleanliness and environment health were given to the schools for them to paste them on the walls and notice boards.
Further, a visual and interactive presentation was presented at the government middle school of Daklane ‘which was met with enthusiastic participation from the students.’ Short movie clips about the ‘Anti Plastic Man’ produced by the dept. of IPR and local comedy group Dreamz Unlimited were also shown during the event.
The students of both the schools took a pledge towards ensuring health of the environment, the updates stated.
“The visiting teams reported of clean school compounds, well behaved enthusiastic students and positive feedbacks from teachers in both the government schools. The teams will be visiting 10 more schools over the next few days,” the organisers stated.
