Empowering schoolkids to save water brings rewards

(Standing from fourth left) Rashide and Zainudin with BoBoiBoy, Adam Saffian and Kee as SK Polis Depot Kuala Lumpur celebrates winning the competition. — ART CHEN/The Star

HEADMASTER Md Zainudin Ngadiman and teacher Rashide Roziman of SK Polis Depot Kuala Lumpur decided to teach their pupils about water conservation by making them peer educators.

Zainudin and Rashide encou­r­aged the pupils to act out water-­saving methods in one-minute videos for social media to pro­mote awareness of the impor­tance of water conservation.

Zainudin then submitted the content to the “Save Water Mission together with BoBoiBoy” competition last year.

BoBoiBoy is a Malaysian animated television series created by Monsta Studios that sees the main character involved in water conservation.

Thanks to the pupils’ efforts and creativity, SK Polis Depot Kuala Lumpur won the competition by Air Selangor Sdn Bhd, earning the school RM15,000 worth of beautification work.

Three consolation winners – Azan Integrated Islamic School in Sepang, SK Seri Fajar in Kuala Kubu Bharu and SK Taman Tasik in Ampang – each won RM5,000 for school beautification, with prizes handed out by Air Selangor chief executive officer Adam Saffian Ghazali at the ceremony in Subang Jaya.

SK Polis Depot Kuala Lumpur pupils Nur Hawa Syaurah Hasrin Faisal and Afiq Irfan Mohd Khairy, both 12, said with the hotter weather, water was a valuable resource that could not be wasted.

Afiq Irfan said the knowledge he had gained was being shared beyond the classroom, as he was informing his neighbours about the issue as well.

Adam Saffian said last year’s compe­tition was open to primary schools but this year, the compe­tition in conjunction with World Environment Day in June, will be open to both primary and secondary schools.

At the event, Air Selangor signed a memorandum of colla­bo­ration with Monsta Studios to strengthen joint efforts in promoting water-conservation awareness.

Adam Saffian said the memorandum outlined a three-year collaboration, starting from this year until 2027.

“We aim to implement various programmes and produce a series of cartoons over the next three years to instil sustainability values,” he said.

Monsta Studios managing director Kee Yong Pin said Monsta remained committed to raising awareness and educating on water conservation.