A chandelier made of coconut shells and a bag made of banana fibres and egg trays were among the innovations on display on Thursday when Carnegie School of Home Economics students proved true the old adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
The students were at the time participating in a preliminary round of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training’s Technological Skills Competition, where they competed against each other for the chance to represent the school nationally in the second round of the competition, scheduled for June 30th, 2015 at Queen’s College.
The competition is being held for technical and vocational institutions in order to select participants for the FETEPS Technological Fair, slated for September in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The theme of the fair is “Industrial Technology (Solid Waste Management),” and Thursday’s competition saw the ingenuity of the participants reflected by the pieces on display. This was accompanied by
