The “World Water Day Poster Competition” for high schools, organized by the Near East University Faculty of Communication on the occasion of March 22 World Water Day, has concluded. In the competition, which was held with the theme of “The Value of Water and Our Future”, students presented designs that draw attention to the importance of water and the global water crisis.
The award ceremony, held at the Orange Hall of the Near East University Faculty of Communication, was attended by a large number of participants. The opening speech of the event, which attracted great interest from high school students and their families participating in the competition, was made by the Dean of the Near East University Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap, and the Director of the General Secondary Education Department of the Ministry of National Education, Yusuf İnanıroğlu.
Maria Shetakova from 19 Mayıs Turkish Maarif College won first place, Azra Olkar from Mağusa Vocational High School won second place, and Nehir Uluerkoç from Atatürk Vocational High School won third place. The Jury's Special Award went to Nil Deniz Seçgen from Bülent Ecevit Anatolian High School.
Among the successful contestants; the first place winner was presented with a prize of 7 thousand TL, the second place winner was presented with a prize of 5 thousand TL, and the third place winner was presented with a prize of 3 thousand TL. After the awards, certificates of appreciation were presented to the jury members by Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap. At the end of the event, the participants went to the exhibition area and had the opportunity to closely examine all the works in the competition.
Yusuf İnanıroğlu: “Managing the water crisis is not limited to protecting existing water resources.”
Starting his speech by emphasizing the importance of water, the Director of the General Secondary Education Department of the Ministry of National Education, Yusuf İnanıroğlu, said, “Water is the source of life for all living things. Therefore, its unconscious use threatens the future of the ecosystem. As humanity, we have to act together in protecting water resources, using them efficiently and producing sustainable solutions.”
Yusuf İnanıroğlu, who also mentioned the water supply project from Türkiye to Northern Cyprus known as the Project of the Century, stated that in this context, raising awareness and creating sustainable policies on the efficient use and protection of water will be of great importance. İnanıroğlu, who said, “Managing the water crisis is not limited to protecting existing water resources. At the same time, protecting forest assets and creating new forest areas are also an important part of this process,” said, “As the Ministry of National Education, we aim to develop environmental awareness in young generations, create awareness on water saving and help them gain environmentally friendly habits with the Green Schools Project that we carry out together with our other stakeholders.”
Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap: “Seeing our children’s sensitivity to environmental problems made us all happy.”
Stating that many high schools across the country showed great interest in the competition, Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap, Dean of the Faculty of Communications at Near East University, said, “Our jury had a hard time making a choice. Seeing our children’s sensitivity to environmental issues made us all happy.” Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap emphasized the importance of water in every aspect of life and said, “From cradle to grave, we have water in our lives. However, we are consuming these resources insensitively. Therefore, such events are very valuable in terms of raising awareness.” In addition, Prof. Dr. Kasap stated that qualified applications were made from all over the island and said, “We had the opportunity to come together with many teachers from our secondary education institutions. We would like to thank everyone who contributed.”
