Students to receive 'Culture Card'

Some 15,000 students in Forms I, II and III of state, Church and independent schools are to be given a Culture Card with credit of €15 in a new initiative to encourage them to attend cultural events and visit cultural sites. The initiative was launched...

Some 15,000 students in Forms I, II and III of state, Church and independent schools are to be given a Culture Card with credit of €15 in a new initiative to encourage them to attend cultural events and visit cultural sites.

The initiative was launched this morning by Education Minister Dolores Cristina and Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco.

The Card was launched during a ceremony at the Maritime Museum during which grants were also handed out to schools taking part in the 'Kreattiv' project.

The card can be used in three cultural activities with the card holders receiving a discount of €5 in each.

The project sees schools working with individuals and organisations with a view of taking schoolchildren closer to culture.

€80,000 were handed out to assist in 18 projects.

During the ceremony, representatives of Chiswick House School held a presentation about their project to raise awareness about opera. Cospicua School is working on the promotion of arts and music while St Albert The Great College gave a presentation about Valletta.

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