The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi concluded its 12th edition of the annual Enviro-Spellathon Programme. This year, has been one of the most successful for the programme with the participation of 366 schools and 150,528 students.

 

The Annual Enviro-Spellathon is a curriculum integrated educational programme targeting school students from the ages of four to 13 years in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Enviro-Spellathon aims to increase children’s environmental knowledge and to instil environmentally friendly behaviour in them from a young age. Since its inception, the Enviro-Spellathon was run in collaboration with the support of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and Shell Abu Dhabi.

 

Running annually for the past 12 years, the Enviro-Spellathon saw the participation of thousands of students across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. This year’s edition saw EAD distribute over 151,000 awards and certificates to students and coordinators to recognise their efforts.

 

Besides enhancing language and vocabulary skills, the bilingual booklets published by EAD and distributed to participating students are designed to help promote eco-literacy by educating students on local flora, fauna and key environmental challenges faced in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The students are then asked to study these tailor-made illustrative and educational booklets before taking a graded test in English and/or Arabic.

 

To cater to the different age groups, the Enviro-Spellathon offers seven levels with different themes: Waste, Wildlife of the UAE, Wildlife in the Cities, Wildlife of the Desert, Wildlife of the Seas, Water is Precious and Managing our Waste.