Under the slogan "a defining moment" Egyptian Japanese school students participate in a simulation of the COP27 climate conference

In light of the directives of Dr. Reda Hegazy, Minister of Education and Technical Education, to raise students' awareness of the issue of climate change, the Egyptian-Japanese schools organized a simulation model for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27).
The students participated in creating a model for designing an environmentally friendly smart city through the exploitation of solar energy, which includes environmentally friendly means of transportation such as the electric train, and the preparation of reports and campaigns to raise awareness of climate change and indicative panels on some of which show the impact of climate change. During the presentation, students presented proposals and constructive solutions from in order to confront climate change.
The students also presented, during the simulation model, an exhibition for each country, which included the 24 participating countries. They also gave a presentation in which they talked extensively about the president of each country, the geographical location, the most famous foods and tourist places that each country is famous for, and about the solutions and proposals that were developed in order to reduce damages from climate change.
The students of the Egyptian-Japanese schools launched several initiatives, including "rationalizing energy consumption, and an awareness campaign to preserve the water point", in addition to the guiding messages (start with yourself) and the teacher's message to the student (start working: make mistakes and learn). A reflexive session was held for students with each project to address Post-finish errors, knowing the pros and cons, and making proposals to find solutions.
The simulation model activities included a number of students recycling waste "empty bottles" and turning them into flower pots and stationery, and presenting some inventions for a clean environment and others, with the aim of reviving everything that is old and consumed, which enhances their idea of ​​sustainable development.
It is worth noting that the 51 Egyptian-Japanese schools in different governorates are distinguished by the educational system’s inclusion of “Japanese Tokkatsu” activities, which aim to build an integrated personality for students through a school lifestyle, which contributes to providing students with positive values, behaviours, skills and habits such as: Bearing responsibility, cleanliness, order, commitment, independence, problem-solving, and other good activities that contribute to building aspects of the student's personality.