Ninety-two local schools, including over 80 per cent of Malta’s primary schools, participated in Birdlife Malta’s Dinja Waħda environmental education programme during the last scholastic year.

At the programme’s prize-giving ceremony, more than half the schools received gold award for their achievements in environmental education.

Birdlife Malta Mark Sultana CEO said that over 5,000 students visited its nature reserves last year.

Diane Spiteri, acting head of the European Commission Representation in Malta, expressed satisfaction at the progress being achieved in the local environmental education sector.

The Dinja Waħda programme encourages outdoor activities both in school grounds and through educational visits to Malta’s nature reserves, to help to build a connection with nature.

Last scholastic year a record of number of school visits were organised to the reserves.

The programme was also expanded to include secondary schools.

Dinja Waħda is Malta’s largest environmental education programme. It is run by Birdlife Malta in collaboration with the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education and supported by the European Commission Representation in Malta.

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