The Government High School Medical Campus, Brahmapur has bagged first position in the second United Nations Geospatial Information Congress (UN-WGIC) held at Hyderabad from October 10 to 14.
Two school students in Brahmapur under the guidance of school headmistress PrabhatiKumariMohapatro presented a project on the socio-economic development of five fishermen villages in Ganjam district, located on the bank of Chilika lake under the sustainable development goal (SDG) of UN. The theme was “Geo-enabling the global village: No one should be left behind”.
As many as 18 schools across the country, including four schools from the Odisha participated in the event presenting the use of geospatial data in understanding a local issue and its use in planning and implementing a change project in the community.
"Our project on ‘Chilika-the provider' was very much appreciated by the participants from around 160 countries," said headmistress Mahapatro.
She said two students-Aditya Rath Class XII of KendriyaVidyalaya, Brahmapur and Nigam Das, a Class IX student of High School Medical Campus prepared a project on gender equality and decent work and economic growth in five fishermen dominated villages on the bank of Chilika.
Mohapatro said the team had collected the data of 230 villages of five Blocks including Langaleswar, Pathara, Keshapur, Sabulia and Rambha in Ganjam district to prepare the project. They took around a month to collect the information and prepare the project, she added.
Aditya Rath was also certified as the best speaker for his excellence in the interactive session.
Before the conference, the headmistress said the Institute of Environment Education and Research, BharatiVidyapeeth, Pune trained around 52 teachers in Ganjam district while four of them had been selected to participate in the global conference.