It was a memorable day for the children of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at
Lakkidi in Wayanad district as delegates from China visited it on
Thursday to get a first-hand experience of the school projects,
including one to conserve rare, endemic, and threatened species of
plants in the Western Ghats.
The school is implementing the conservation project, in association with
the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, at Puthurvayal.China too has a similar project, titled 'Catch the Young', by which its
government aims to impart the basics of environmental conservation in
younger minds, Kurodo Yoshin, team leader, said. The 35-member team, comprising schoolteachers, educational experts, and
environmental activists from various provinces of China, planted nearly
250 saplings, including of 40 threatened species, on the school
premises, along with the children.
The delegates interacted with the children and shared their ideas and
experience on conserving the environment. The team members commended the
children for their active involvement in conservation.The four-day visit, organised by OISCA International, is aimed at
providing a chance to the delegates to see the activities to conserve
the environment in primary schools in South India.The team visited many schools in Kerala and Karnataka.
