Nature and Environment
The recent years have seen increasing levels of attention dedicated to environment. The schools have been intensively involved in environmental education and awareness building. A number of environmental NGO-s work with school children to remove waste from public places, whitewash tree trunks, sow young trees in the school yards, etc. Such activities are made possible thanks to awareness created by lessons taught as part of the program of the “Green Package” and “Basics of Technology” taught at the elementary level. As regards environmental education per se the introduction of the “Green Package” in the curricular programs (at the elementary level) is a step forward towards increasing environmental knowledge. This kind of education should be taught throughout the grades of the elementary schooling. In addition, environmental education should be made part of the teaching program at the secondary level as a cross curricular or optional subject.