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The Minister for Gozo Dr Anton Refalo has officially inaugurated the Education, Science and Culture Centre, housed at Dar il-Lunzjata located in the picturesque valley of the Lunzjata Valley, situated between Victoria and Kercem.
The Minister for Gozo Dr Anton Refalo, said that this project was set up by the UNESCO Office in close collaboration with the Gozo College, with the location provided by the Ministry for Gozo, resulting in the first Centre of its kind to be set up on the islands.
This Centre will serve as a nursery for initiatives to promote the national educational curriculum as well as UNESCO’s educational agenda on a regional and national level, among our younger generations, the Minister said.
The drawing programme for the Centre includes a number of initiatives, projects and activities during the school year, aimed at students of all ages, from all schools in Gozo, which includes an open invitation for Maltese students.
UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network offers the opportunity to raise awareness on topics such as the cultural heritage of our country; cultural heritage otherwise known as Live Heritage of Humanity; ethics, tolerance, peace and our environmental heritage.
The Minister thanked the Permanent Delegation to UNESCO for their intensive work being carried out in Malta in respect of the laborious process of the nomination of the Gozo Citadel and Mdina in Malta for the prestigious title of World Heritage site.
The Minister also thanked the Gozo College, for the great work that it continued to perform with students and young people in schools in Gozo. “Through this Education, Science and Culture Centre, the Ministry for Gozo is renewing its commitment to continue to support any investment made in the education of our children,” the Minister added.
Those present for the inauguration included the Ambassador of UNESCO Mgr Dr Joe Vella Gauci and the Gozo College Principal Victor Galea.
Children from Year 3s and Year 4s of Gozo College Victoria Primary, attended the event.
Photographs: MGOZ/George Scerri
