UMWT kicks off 10th Year of Toyota Eco Youth programme
The Toyota Eco Youth (TEY) programme, which started in 2001, has just launched its tenth campaign with 88 students, teachers and principals from the eight invited schools gathered at a two-day workshop held at the Concorde Hotel in Shah Alam.
Part of three key pillars in UMW Toyota Motor’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the TEY programme aims to reach out and empower members of the younger generation with knowledge of environmental issues. It is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, and is conducted over a six month period in the participating schools.
Commenting on this year’s championship, Mr Kuah Kock Heng, President, UMW Toyota Motor said, “We are very thrilled to host this year’s programme, which is known as the Toyota Eco Youth 2010 – Battle of the Eco Champions.”
“For the first time, we will bring together winning schools of the previous Toyota Eco Youth programmes to pit their knowledge on environmental issues and creative skills to develop an effective and sustainable method to solve environmental issues identified at their respective schools,” said Mr Kuah.
The eight schools battling it out this year are all past champions of the TEY challenge. They are SMK Labuan, Pulau Labuan; SMK Sanzac, Sabah; SMK Dato’ Panglima Abdullah, Sabah; SMK Abi, Perlis; SMK Iskandar Shah, Malacca; SMK Seri Muda, Penang; SMK Seri Kenangan, Johor and SMK Dato’ Onn, Penang.
The schools will be scored in various aspects, with an on-site judging of their work to take place in the third month of the programme. Progress of the schools’ respective programmes must be updated on a mandatory website, which also forms part of the evaluation criteria.
A final presentation is scheduled to take place during the Toyota Eco Youth Convention and Exhibition in October. The winning school of this year’s challenge will walk away with RM7,000 worth of prizes.
