Delhi DoE directs schools to plant 1.5 lakh saplings this academic session
India Today
The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) has asked schools to plant at least 1.5 lakh saplings during the 2022-23 academic session.
All the schools across Delhi have been directed to plant at least 1.5 lakh saplings via their Eco-Club members during the 2022-23 academic sessions by the Directorate of Education(DoE).
The directorate has also given instructions to all school principals and staff members to take part in the drive, in addition, to regularly monitoring and maintaining plants with students’ help.
In a letter to the schools, the DoE informed, "A target of 1.50 lakh saplings, including 40,000 trees and 1.1 lakh shrubs, to be planted in all schools of Delhi through Eco-Club members has been fixed for the academic year 2022-23.”
The DoE letter further stated, “Fifty percent target will be achieved by August 15 by all schools for plantation in all the open areas and available space.”
“Saplings can be obtained free of cost by each head of schools for the plantation from any of the identified nurseries being run by the forest department," the letter added.
In the current school year, the Department of Education(Doe has established a goal for each school to plant at least 100 saplings (30 plants and 70 bushes).
Further, the heads of schools need to send updates, in addition to photographs of the saplings, to the respective science centres via zonal convener by the 5th of each month.
