SMAN 1 AJIBARANG AS 2023 ASEAN ECO-SCHOOL AWARDEE
ADIWIYATA
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SMAN 1 AJIBARANG AS 2023 ASEAN ECO-SCHOOL AWARDEE
SCHOOL AS PIONEER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE PRESERVATION
SMAN 1 AJIBARANG (AJIBARANG STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL) BANYUMAS, CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE - INDONESIA
SCHOOL AS PIONEER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE PRESERVATION
SMAN 1 AJIBARANG (AJIBARANG STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL) BANYUMAS, CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE - INDONESIA
Established
in 1984, SMAN 1 Ajibarang is one of the biggest high schools in
Banyumas Regency, Central Java - Indonesia. Located strategically near
the city square of Ajibarang with 2,4 hectare and more than 63% green
open spaces, the school is really an environmentally friendly learning
centre. Recenty, after more than 7 years building the characters, habit
and culture of Adiwiyata, our school has been acknowledged and awarded
as both National and Mandiri Adiwiyata in 2016 and 2018 by Indonesian
Ministry of Forestry and Environment and the latest achievement is as
2023 ASEAN Eco-school Awardee; first Winner of Province Model of Quality
Assurance Practices by Education Quality Assurance Board in 2018,
number 1 Winner of National Green School Award in 2022, number 1
awardee of Best Achievement of Healthy School and Energy savings in
2019 by the Office of Environment Affairs Central Java Province. And the
latest achievement is as the fourth winner of National Best Library
2023 by Indonesian National Library and The First Winner Provincial Best
Library by the Office of Archives and Library in May 2023 with one of
the innovations of connecting all the school areas and environment as
literacy corners.
Morning
briefings for daily communication, coordination and information with
positive constructive inspiring sharings are spread among members of the
school community to start every day’s service, dedication and devotion
toward education with one of the best practices in our school: 30
minutes before seven program to establish characters with various
schemes and activities. Some of the programs are literacy of
spiritualism, nationalism, citizenship and awareness of global
community, literacy of environment and healthy life and well beings,
building students’ good characters and integrity. With the scheduled
activities, involving all school community, supported by parents, this
program has nurtured many benefits in creating the school environment
that supports the goals of national education as it is also mentioned in
our school mission “Building the nation generations who have high
integrity and noble qualities in spiritual, intellectual, social,
personal and professional competencies with environmental awareness”.
With more than 1200 students and 98 teachers staffs, as part of the
local society, our school is also actively take part in developing
communities’ understanding and awareness toward the preservation of
environment. Some innovations conducted by our environment lovers’
organizations are encouraging people in making and using organic
fertilizers extracted from household wastes for farming; waste and
trash management via the program of 3R (Reduce, Reuse dan Recycle);
Friday’s actions for nature and environment preservation programs.
Reaching out society program, we are also pioneering to train people
living near the school to practice generating biogas through
bio-digester process from the wastes of soy beans food products like
tofu and tempeh. Our school also has mini water wheels, mini solar cell
panel and windmills as models for community that renewable energy can be
developed as to preserve the earth, nature and environment. In
addition, our students together with local communities and environmental
authorities also regularly participate in the actions for beach
conservations, replanting trees in the forests and the campaigns for
clean rivers. Ajibarang Banyumas Central Java Indonesia, 25 September
2023. (Sae)
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