Within the framework of a project titled “Traffic Security Awareness for Kids”, a certificate ceremony was organised by Eastern Mediterranean University, Education Faculty, English Language Teaching Department in collaboration with EMU Traffic Education and Research Center. Among those present at the ceremony were Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Özkaramanlı, Dean of Engineering Faculty Prof. Dr. Aykut Hocanın, Chair of Foreign Languages Education Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Javanshir Shibliyev, Chair of Civil Engineering Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhan Şensoy, project coordinator and academic staff member at Foreign Languages Education Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naciye Kunt, Foreign Languages Education Department academic staff member Assist. Prof. Dr. İlkay Gilanlıoğlu, Traffic Education and Research Center Chair Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Metin Kunt and students.
In his opening address at the beginning of the ceremony, Traffic Education and Research Center Chair Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Metin Kunt highlighted the importance of the traffic awareness in kids and put forth that among the aims of their center is the ‘provision of traffic training for kids regarding traffic security through appropriate methods and applications’. Assist. Prof. Dr. Kunt also put forth that they have initiated the project due to the insufficiency of traffic education in pre-school and elementary school curricula. Assist. Prof. Dr. Kunt added that students receiving certificates at the ceremony prepared suitable course materials allowing kids to actively learn about traffic security through the activities in their English courses. Following Assist. Prof. Dr. Kunt, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Özkaramanlı stated that the provision of effective educational tools for kids regarding their traffic security awareness is an essential educational approach. Prof. Dr. Özkaramanlı thanked Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Metin Kunt and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naciye Kunt for their contributions. The ceremony continued with certificate distribution and ended with a cocktail.
