SCERT asks schools to launch plantation drive

In a bid to beforehand biology consciousness and sustainable living, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has asked schools crossed the authorities to commencement a large-scale plantation campaign.

The run volition beryllium started nether the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative.

In a missive to each schoolhouse heads, the SCERT has issued caller guidelines, directing the schools to works astatine slightest 10 saplings wrong oregon astir their campuses.

The guidelines telephone for planting a divers premix of works species, including ornamental, flowering, evergreen and medicinal plants specified arsenic neem, peepal, amla and tulsi. To fortify pupil involvement, schools person been advised to support elaborate grounds of each sapling, including its botanical name, section name, and adjacent a favored sanction for recognition and bonding.

The run has been integrated into the Eco Clubs for India’s Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) movement, with schools required to upload geo-tagged photographs and documentation of each planted histrion connected the nationalist portal. Records indispensable see the taxon name, plantation date, determination and pupil participation.

The Forest Department volition supply saplings escaped of cost.