An event was held today at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, in honour of the student Leonis Bella Vassiliou, of the third grade of Aradippou High School, who won the 1st Global Award in this year's World Food Day competition on the theme "Our actions are our future - Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life". The student, with the guidance and encouragement of her Home Economics teacher Mrs. Hara Mama Olympiou, managed to secure this commendable global distinction. At the event, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, congratulated the student for her distinction and awarded her with an honorary diploma, expressing his satisfaction for the work done by the Home Economics sector and the satisfaction of both the Ministry and Cypriot society in general.
For this action (Poster Contest) the Secondary Education schools were informed by a relevant circular and it was optionally assigned to the teachers of Home Economics of the Secondary General Education schools. by the Secondary Education Supervisor for Home Economics Dr. Christiana Filippou Haridimou and was one of the proposed activities of the "FAO" (Food and Agriculture Organization) to promote World Food Day.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth encourages activities that promote educational objectives related to the development of healthy lifestyles and aim to help students form healthy eating attitudes and acquire the knowledge and skills to make choices that improve health, promote well-being and prevent diseases and health problems.
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