The final leg of the Green Day Training of the National Earth Olympiad (NEO) 2024 was held at Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) on Friday, May 17, after completing the GDT in seven divisional cities in Bangladesh and the Cumilla region with the respective divisional/region toppers.
Dr. Md. Hafizur Rahman, Head of the Department of Environmental Science and Management at IUB, and Dr. Mahfuzar Rahman, Country Director of Pure Earth Bangladesh, awarded the certificates to the participants who successfully completed the GDT in the Dhaka division.
The divisional toppers from all divisions will participate in the National Round of NEO, and the winners from the National Round will participate in the qualifying rounds for the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) to be held in Beijing, China.
This year, a total of 2000+ students participated in the preliminary round of NEO. Around 700 students qualified for the National Round, and approximately 300 students were trained in the Green Day Training (GDT) workshop all across Bangladesh, including Barishal, Cumilla, Chattogram, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet. GDT is a component of NEO designed to introduce participants to interconnected environmental issues and debates and instill motivation to become problem solvers.
BYEI, a youth-led environmental nonprofit, started the journey of NEO in 2012. NEO is an education and knowledge movement that aims to mainstream earth and environmental science education across Bangladesh. This year, the olympiad is supported by Pure Earth Bangladesh, with Kishor Alo as the media partner and the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka and the Department of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University, Bangladesh, as the strategic and knowledge partners.
