THE Health Education Section of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown yesterday launched its school environmental competition for primary schools in the city.
The competition was launched at Smith Memorial Primary School, under the theme “Healthy Environment Healthy Children” and runs until November 26.
Schools would be judged on litter-free environment; presence of refuse receptacles; clean walls, floors, and ceilings; drains free from obstruction; yards free from weeds and long grass; and sanitary blocks free from litter.
In a press statement, Public Relations Officer (ag) Debra Lewis said the focus of the programme is to help children inculcate good environmental practices and to be proactive on environmental issues.
She said primary schools in Georgetown district would be judged over a six-week period and that environmental health officers would visit the school routinely providing documentation of the state of the school’s environment.
At the end of the six-week period, prizes would be awarded for the best kept and most improved schools, she said.
Lewis said the municipality thought it best to re-focus attention on the school children because of the wider environmental problem in some communities.