Second national Sandwatch training workshop held on Mauritius
The Sandwatch Foundation is honoured to be partnered with RECOS, The Resilience of Indian Ocean Coastal Zones Project across the Indian Ocean region.
32 Educator trained: Under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology and in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute Education (MIE), the RECOS Project has organized the first national training of trainers in the Sandwatch Foundation's environmental education tools.
This training helped strengthen the capacity of 32 trainers, including 14 teachers, 11 members of NGOs involved in the implementation, 4 members of the MIE and 4 agents of the Ministry of Education. Among colleges and high schools involved in this first training are listed, Adolphe de Plevitz (Grand Baie), Simadree Virahsawmy (Rivière du rempart), Regis Chaperone (Beautiful rose), Loreto College Mahebourg (Mahebourg), Hamilton College (Mahebourg), Hamilton College (Mahebourg).
32 Educator trained: Under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology and in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute Education (MIE), the RECOS Project has organized the first national training of trainers in the Sandwatch Foundation's environmental education tools.
This training helped strengthen the capacity of 32 trainers, including 14 teachers, 11 members of NGOs involved in the implementation, 4 members of the MIE and 4 agents of the Ministry of Education. Among colleges and high schools involved in this first training are listed, Adolphe de Plevitz (Grand Baie), Simadree Virahsawmy (Rivière du rempart), Regis Chaperone (Beautiful rose), Loreto College Mahebourg (Mahebourg), Hamilton College (Mahebourg), Hamilton College (Mahebourg).
Almost a year ago, on the occasion of first regional workshop dedicated to education environment in coastal areas in Flic-en Flac organized by our RECOS Project, that the COI was committed to revitalizing the UNESCO Sandwatch educational program dedicated to observation, monitoring and protection coastlines which has proven itself in the world. Since then, national action plans were developed in the Comoros, Madagascar, the Seychelles and, of course, Mauritius.
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