Nearly 100 city corporation schools will soon be equipped with gardens that grow vegetables for their mid-day meal scheme.
A self-help group which acquired expertise in terrace gardening under the National Urban Livelihood Mission will train the corporation teachers and students.
"Members of the SHG will train nearly 40 students who are part of eco clubs and the national green corps. These children will be provided with seeds and pots for 25 plants. They will grow the plants either in pots in terraces of the schools or in a small patch of land available inside the school premises," said deputy commissioner, education, Mageswari Ravikumar.
Read more of this in a report published in The Times of India....
(Such efforts can be replicated elsewhere too. And if it is ensured that no chemical fertilisers or pesticides will be used the children will get organic vegetables, for better health. - Editor)
