Niko Ketskhoveli School Award

On March 21, the final event of Niko Ketskhoveli School Award 2019 was held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia.

At the beginning of the event, guests were welcomed by Nana Janashia (CENN), Levan Davitashvili - Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture, Natia Zedginidze - Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and Kakha Kuchava, The Chairman of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee.

At the final stage of the school contest, the participating schools presented the changes that they had introduced either in big cities or small mountain villages in response to global challenges during the year.

The semi-final round of the competition was held in 4 cities of Georgia and on the 3rd of March, 32 finalists were revealed out of 150 schools participating in semi-finals. The jury, comprised of representatives of governmental, international and research organizations, selected 3 winners out of 32 participating schools.

I award – village Rokiti school (Imereti region)

II award – St Akeksi Shushania Orthodox School-Gymnasium (Samegrelo region);

III award – “Georgian School” (Tbilisi)

"ACT" participated in the awards ceremony of finalist schools. Niko Ketskhoveli School Award is the largest environmental contest, which aims to support environmental education and civic engagement. The main topic of the 2019 contest was sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The contest was implemented by Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) together with the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia.

A team of Kitskhi public school was chosen as a favorite team of ACT and Miss Sopho Chachanidze, the company's partner rewarded them.

The school environmental contest – Niko Ketskhoveli School Award has been organized by CENN since 2015 with financial contribution from the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). The co-organizers include the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Parliament of Georgia.

The main topic of the 2019 contest was sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and around 500 schools participated across the country. Finalist schools have been awarded during semi-finals which were organized in regional centers with the participation of the most successful 150 teams.