The Cyprus Football Federation donates football balls to twenty schools
The cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MPAA) with the Cyprus Football Federation (CFF) and specifically with the "Pass to Life" programme, in the context of the European Day of School Sport 2022, continues with actions throughout the school year. In addition, this year's highlighted theme of the European School Sports Day "Green Sport" - Going Green in Sport - was also included in the actions implemented by the CUP as part of the UEFA Sustainable Development Campaign. Today, the ceremony of delivery of sports material (soccer balls) for twenty school units of Secondary and Primary Education took place at the Ministry of Education.
Based on the terms of cooperation, the CTO donated balls to school units that organized actions with football balls and participation of boys and girls, in the framework of the European School Sports Day 2022, and then published photos of the actions on social media with the characteristics #ESSD2022, #pasastizoi.
During the delivery ceremony, the CTO's Financial Director, Mr. Andreas Morias, after thanking the Ministry for the productive cooperation, stressed that football is a sport very dear to children and can be used as an educational tool to cultivate values such as acceptance of diversity, empathy, ecological awareness, etc.
For his part, the Director of Secondary General Education, Dr. Kyprianos D. Louis, said that schools as open social organizations are encouraged to cooperate with institutions outside education, in order to cultivate values such as: health, lifelong exercise, proper nutrition, ecological awareness, in addition to the curricula. Mr Louis, after thanking the CEC for the cooperation, also mentioned the usefulness of involving schools in European programmes, such as the European Day of School Sport and the European Week of Sport, since this creates opportunities for cooperation and interaction with schools from all over Europe.
The twenty schools that secured football balls from the CUP, due to the activities they organised in the framework of the European School Sports Day, are:
Pancyprian Lyceum of Larnaca, Agios Georgios Lyceum of Larnaca, Agios Neophytos Lyceum, Kokkinochoria Lyceum, NAREG Armenian School, Nicosia School for the Blind, Athienou High School, Agios Theodoros High School of Paphos, Agios Ioannou Chrysostomou High School, Kition Regional High School, Makedonitissa High School, Agios Theodoros Primary School, Pafos Primary School, Episkopi Primary School, Pelendrios Primary School, Lakatameia Primary School, G.C School of Careers Elementary School, Morningside Montessori Elementary Private School, Rizokarpassou Public Kindergarten, Chlorakas Agios Nikolaos Public Kindergarten. Louis, the Head of the Sports and Culture Sector of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Spyros Antonellos and the Inspector of Physical Education, Mr. Kostas Mylonas.
On the part of the CTO, the balls were handed over by the Financial Director, Mr. Andreas Morias, head of the "Passport to Life" programme.
It is noted that the actions of the European School Sports Day for all levels of education are coordinated by the Office of Physical Education for Secondary Education.
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