Environment Day: Students to plant trees

  Around 22 lakh students of standards V to IX will plant trees on the premises of their houses on June 5, the World Environment Day, as part of the 'ente maram' project being jointly organized by Education Department and Forest Department. A dairy covering various educational activities in the schools for the academic year from June 1 to March 31 will also be distributed to students as part of the project. Education Minister M.A.Baby and Forest Minister Benoy Viswam told reports here that the programme was the largest social forestry project undertaken in any part of the world. This is also the largest environment study project undertaken in schools, he said.

President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam in a message has said that this project can be an occasion to create interest amongst school children to not only plant seedlings, but also care for the trees in the long term. Governor R.L.Bhatia will inaugurate the state-level project to be held at 3 pm on June 5 at Government Higher Secondary School, Parathipala in Palakkad district. Education Minister M.A.Baby and Electricity Minister A.K.Balan will take part in the state-level project.


(The New Indian Express, 2nd  June,2007)