Schools’ hydroponics contest kicks off education month activities

Shafeena Juman of Hand in Hand Group of Companies (right) hands over the sponsorship cheque to Claudette Thibaud of the Salvation Army

Forty-five schools across five regions will compete in this year’s fourth annual Secon-dary Schools’ Hydroponics Competition as part of Education Month activities.

According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release the contest was launched by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture at the Leonora Secondary School.

The contest will be done in two phases: a training workshop for teachers and students and the preparation and planting of the hydroponics gardens. The gardens will then be