SRINAGAR The authorities will plant 30,00 chinar trees in schools and also promote the tree plantation among the students.
This was revealed by Director Floriculture Kashmir, Mathora Masoom, at a 2-day workshop on Conservation Leadership through Education organised by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir in collaboration with WWF-India. The seminar concluded at JKEDI Pampore.
Speaking at Valedictory function, Masoom said the department will adopt 10 herbal gardens in schools and will supply 30 thousand Chinar saplings to be planted in school compounds.
On the occasion, Director School Education, Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo called upon teachers and students to be ambassadors of green peace and schools to be developed as hub of environmental awareness. Making the training inputs more effective, relevant and purposeful, Director stressed upon all stakeholders to translate it into action by ensuring mass community participation.
He also announced that similar workshop will be organised in Jammu in the mid-January, 2019. Director also announced that 21st March, 2019 shall be observed as Chinar Day by the School Education during which a massive Chinar Plantation Drive and events will be held across the valley.
Earlier, Dr. Pankuj Chandan recapitulated the outcome of all the sessions held in the workshop.
Pertinently, Department of School Education has recently signed an MoU with WWF-India to take the herbal garden scheme beyond herbs and WWF is developing more 60 gardens in different schools.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 |  |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |
