InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Three schools they are, SMPS 1 Bumitama Antang Kalang, SDS Bumitama Metro Kendawangan, and SDS Bumitama SBHE, got Adiwiyata award in national level of 2022 from Ministry of Environment and Forestry Indonesian Republic in December 2022
This reinforced that Bumitama successfully does Gerakan Peduli dan Berbudaya Lingkungan Hidup di Sekolah (PBLHS) which the goals are to encourage collective action that every person in schools is really aware, voluntarily, and sustainably implementing environmentally – oriented behaviors that cover cleanliness, functions of sanitation and drainage, waste management, planting and nursing trees/plantations, water and energy conservation, innovation about other environmentally – oriented behavior based on potential identification results and other environmental issues.
“PBLHS is the implementation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects and I am proud that the teachers and schools in Indonesia contribute to develop ESG and quality of environment with all your dedication and spirit by participating in Gerakan PBLHS Program Adiwiyata which Ministry of Environment and Forestry has been running since 2006,” Vice Minister of Environment and Forestry, Alue Dohong said in the speech when handling over Adiwiyata Mandiri and Adiwiyata National awards in 2022.
In the event, there were 94 Adiwiyata Mandiri schools and 305 Adiwiyata Nasional schools in Indonesia. three of them were developed by Bumitama.
“As part of Yayasan Bumitama we are very proud of getting Adiwiyata Nasional 2022 award. The certificate of Adiwiyata is a bonus from what the team school gave to develop environmental – care which we tried to deliver (for the students) since they are in young age. We would maintain Adiwiyata Nasional award and escalate the literacy and environmental – care culture. Character greetings from our deepest heart,” Coordinator of Yayasan Bumitama, Sri Wahyuni Nur Hidayah said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.
General Director of Early Childhood Education, Basic Education, Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Iwan Syahril told the award is a responsibility because it is easy to get but difficult to maintain. “Hopefully you can be role model and keep the nature and environment remain good as our efforts to the next generations,” Syahril said. (T2)
