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Mathrubhumi – VKC NANMA

Student Parliament

2015 TO 2016 From God’s own Country to Garbage’s own View from Sarovaram Biopark, Calicut in Mathrubhumi Daily

Mathrubhumi VKC NANMA

‘Student Parliament’

Announcement of the Student Parliament in Mathrubhumi Daily

• Mathrubhumi in association with VKC, a leading footwear manufacture in the country organized a Student Parliament with vision of ‘Garbage free Kerala’. • As the first level of the initiative a Project presentation competition was organized for the school students. In the competition, the students presented their ideas for making Kerala clean and green.

District Level Presentations • Students presented their waste management projects in front of a panel of experts. • The ten minute presentations were valued by the jury panel and five best individual projects were selected from all the 14 districts.

SNAPSHOTS OF DISTRICT LEVEL PRESENTATIONS

SNAPSHOTS OF DISTRICT LEVEL PRESENTATIONS

SNAPSHOTS OF DISTRICT LEVEL PRESENTATIONS

SNAPSHOTS OF DISTRICT LEVEL PRESENTATIONS

PARTICIPATION IN THE DISTRICT LEVEL SL NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

DISTRICT TRIVANDRUM KOLLAM PATHANAMTHITTA ALAPPUZHA KOTTAYAM IDUKKI ERNAKULAM THRISSUR PALAKKAD MALAPPURAM KOZHIKODE WAYANAD KANNUR KASARGODE

UP 36 27 40 24 26 29 52 36 52 45 41 29 45 21

HS / HSS 93 56 62 33 67 42 101 88 58 86 48 63 71 54

TOTAL 129 83 102 57 93 71 153 124 110 131 89 92 116 75

GRAND TOTAL

503

922

1425

Grooming Sessions • Special grooming sessions were conducted for the five students selected from the respective district level competition. • Experts from the field of waste management, Government officials, NGOs, Universities and environmentalists conducted training for the students to fine tune their waste management projects.

SNAPSHOTS OF GROOMING SESSIONS

Editorials In Mathrubhumi Daily

Student Parliament • the final round of Student parliament was conducted on 27th December 2016 at Trivandrum. The 5 member team of district level winners represented their respective districts at the state level. • Teams presented their ideas for a clean Kerala in front of the State Ministers, Govt. officials and the jury panel. • The best three teams were awarded with Cash prizes, mementos and certificates.

Leading the leaders “The Student parliament is very relevant today; it is also a strong statement from the young generation that they are ready to take up the responsibility to make a change”

- Mrs. KK Shailaja, Minister for Health and Social Justice, Kerala at Student Parliament

“Only the young generation can bring a change to our attitude towards waste”

- Mr. VK Prashanth, Mayor, Trivandrum city interacting with the young parliamentarians

Eminent panel of Jury Members Mr. K Sajeevan, Chairman, State Pollution Control Board, Kerala Dr. R Ajayakumar Varma, Sr. Scientist, Centre for Earth and Science Studies Mr. Kabeer B Harun, MD, Clean Kerala Co. Ltd. Mr. C Jayakumar, Director, Thanal (NGO)

Young Parliamentarians with Chief Minister • The recommendations and findings of Student Parliament were handed over to Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala. • He promissed the students that the recommendations and ideas proposed by the student Parliament will be studied and best projects will be implemented by the Government of Kerala.

Important Recommendations • Doing it in the right way - Awareness creation for the waste management methods • At the source - Decentralized waste management methods for households • Water safety – Protection of water sources with the help of civil bodies • Non-bio waste management – Special Waste collection centers for plastic and chemical waste within every Kilo Meter. • Agriculture and waste management – schemes for Integrating organic farming and waste management. • Recycling – Promotion of recycling of various waste materials • Reduce Plastic – Laws to control plastic carry bags and bottles • Community Plants – For sharing biogas plants between households • Green tourism – To reduce pollution in connection with tourism • E Waste – Importance to E waste management methods

News on winners of Student Parliament

Few news reports published on daily Special feature page on Student Parliament

Various news reports were aired on Student Parliament and a special episode of 30 minutes will be aired soon on Mathrubhumi News Channel

• http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/ReadMore1/31147/studentsparliament-suggest-waste-management-methods/M

The Student Parliament was widely covered in Mathrubhumi daily, Mathrubhumi online and Mathrubhumi News Channel

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