With the participation of 217 students from all over the country and a total of 157 artworks, the Panhellenic Student Competition on the theme "Integrity Leaders of Tomorrow", announced by the NTA in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP), has been completed.
In total, 37 schools from all over the country (Attica, Thessaloniki, Patras, Sparta, Thebes, Corfu, Serres, Lamia, Mytilene, Kavala, Pella, Corinth, Ioannina, Astros, Rhodes and Katerini) were represented in the Competition, whose students had the opportunity to express themselves through creative means (e.g. painting, collage, poster, video, written text, poem) and to reflect in an original way the values of respect, justice, integrity and solidarity. The aim of the initiative was to gradually familiarize the student community with the terms of ethics, transparency and accountability, as well as the benefits for society as a whole of strengthening mechanisms for preventing and deterring phenomena of corruption and maladministration.
The winners of the primary schools will receive innovative educational material created specifically for this initiative by the NTA in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and approved by the Institute of Educational Policy. Meanwhile, the secondary school students will travel to Vienna (health conditions permitting), to visit the UNODC headquarters and present their projects.
Finally, all the student’s projects will form the visual material for a special art-exhibition to be hosted in NTA’s headquarters. This action is part of a series of educational initiatives that the Authority gradually implementing in order to raise awareness and educate students — the citizens of tomorrow — on issues of transparency, integrity and accountability.
The winners by age category are as follows:
1st Category (Students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes of Primary School - Three artworks awarded)
Alexandra Sotiropoulou, 28th Primary School of Piraeus, Painting
Akrivi Papadimitriou, 5th Primary School of Sparta, Painting
Ioannis Kakarountas and Philippos Bolovinis, 16th Primary School of Lamia, Video
2nd Category (Students of 4th, 5th, and 6th classes of Primary School – Five artworks awarded)
Maria Anna Markaki, 28th Primary School of Piraeus, Painting
Anastasios Paliokostas and Georgios Lampiris, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Video
Chrysa Karamitrou, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Video
Nikoleta Argyraki, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Painting
Ioanna-Maria Michalopoulou, 5th Primary School of Sparta, Painting
3rd Category (Junior High School Students – One artwork awarded)
Athanasios Chatzis and Dimitrios Tsagkogiannis, Private Zografeion Junior High School, Painting
4th Category (General High School Students – One artwork awarded)
Asimakis Chronas, Model General High School of Ionideios School of Piraeus, Video
You can view all the winning artworks of the student competition "Integrity Leaders of Tomorrow", at the following link: