Schools in the Vitebsk region use energy resources more effectively than others in Belarus

March 26, Mogilev / Sergei Kulyagin - BELTA /. The Vitebsk region has been recognized as the best in Belarus for organizing school work in the field of efficient energy use at the republican competition "Energy Marathon-2008", the results of which were summed up in the Mogilev region. Vitebsk residents were awarded a first-degree diploma and valuable gifts, the Education Department of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Diplomas of the second and third degrees in the same nomination were awarded to the Gomel and Mogilev regions, respectively. The best school for promoting efficient energy use was recognized as Polotsk Secondary School No. 1 with an environmental focus, the best teacher for organizing classroom work on efficient energy use was the physics teacher of Vitebsk Secondary School No. 23 Larisa Savlukova, the best school propaganda team was "Vzglyad" (View) of the Children's Creativity Center of Chashniki town, Vitebsk region, and the best energy-saving center was the Gomel Museum of Energy Saving, the only one in Belarus. A first-degree diploma for the best work on practical energy saving measures was awarded to Ivan Peshkov, a 9th-grade student of Minsk Secondary School No. 73. The student created a computer game "Certificate of Economy" that promotes energy saving. The competition has been held since 2000. Its main goal is to identify and disseminate the best practices of educators in organizing the educational process in the field of energy saving, and implementing ideas and methods of energy saving in the work of educational institutions. The founders of the competition are the Department for Energy Efficiency of the State Committee for Standardization, the Ministry of Education with the assistance of the republican public association "Ecomir Fund". -0-