SDGs eLearning Award Scheme | 聯合國兒童基金香港委員會 UNICEF HK eLearn Platform

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Learn + Action

Award Announcement

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Enquiry

Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to end poverty, reduce inequality as well as to establish more peaceful and prosperous societies by 2030. Also known as the Global Goals, the SDGs are a call to action to create a sustainable and inclusive world.

Translating SDGs into actions, UNICEF HK organizes the SDGs eLearn Award Scheme. Through an eLearn platform and self-directed learning, the Scheme allows students to take online lessons on different SDGs and take practical actions in daily life in support of sustainable development of local community and the world.

Objectives

To promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to educate students and raise their awareness on global issues.
To nurture global citizenship by fostering students' commitment and actions in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
To encourage self-directed learning, and to connect online and offline learning experience.

Details
Eligible candidate: Secondary 1 to 6 students

Registration Deadline: 17 March 2023 (Friday)

Scheme Period: 20 March to 19 June 2023

Enrolment

1. Student Registration

All students are welcome to join the scheme and compete for student awards.
Please submit the Student Registration Form by 17 March 2023 (Friday).
A personal learning account will be created for the registered students to login the UNICEF HK eLearn Platform.

2. School Registration

Schools are welcome to nominate students to join the Award Scheme by returning the completed 'School Registration Form' and 'Student Registration List' to [email protected]k by 17 March 2023 (Friday). There is no upper limit on the number of students nominated by each school.
Registered schools will compete for school awards.
Registered schools will receive UNICEF HK's latest updates or awards notification.
Students nominated by schools are eligible to compete for student awards.

Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK) hosted “UNICEF Club and SDGs eLearn Award Scheme Appreciation Ceremony 2021/22”on 21 August to commend participating schools and students for their enthusiastic support. The ceremony was attended by Ms Yolanda Ng, MH, Director, Advocacy and Community Outreach of UNICEF HK, school principals, consultant teachers, student committee members and awardees of SDGs eLearn Award Scheme.

UNICEF Club Programme

Ms Yolanda Ng, MH, Director, Advocacy and Community Outreach of UNICEF HK expressed her gratitude to school principals, teachers and students who supported UNICEF Club programme, “Despite massive challenges posed by COVID pandemic, UNICEF Club organized 60 school activities and more than 8,000 students were engaged this year.”The Programme provided students with precious opportunities to learn about global children's rights issues and UNICEF works, as well as fulfilling their global citizen responsibilities.

SDGs eLearn Award Scheme

Furthermore, UNICEF HK launched SDGs eLearn Award Scheme which empowered our next generation to take online lessons on different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while staying safe at home during fifth wave COVID special school break. Over 2,200 participants from 92 secondary schools have showed unlimited creativity by turning knowledge learnt from the online platform into practical SDGs actions in their daily lives. 110 outstanding students were presented Gold Medal Certificate.

Ms Yolanda Ng, MH also said that “UNICEF HK is now preparing a junior SDGs eLearn programme for primary school student to encourage self-directed learning. This is one of the many initiatives to attain our vision of Reimagine Education.”