The students of Goodwill English School, Pookottumpadam, are setting a model for other CBSE schools to follow by taking up organic farming. Supported by the State Department of Agriculture, the school is promoting high-tech organic vegetable farming.
Amarambalam Agriculture Officer Liju Abraham on Monday inaugurated the farming activities taken up by the students under the banner of Goodwill Farm Club.
“We call this high-tech because we are using not only modern technology, but high-yielding seeds as well,” said farm club president Shanil Salam. Vegetables such as lady’s finger, brinjal, snake gourd, bitter gourd, long beans and tomato are being grown on an acre of land near the school. The children take care of the crops every day. They have intercropped Mallika to ward off pests.
Ajil Pulath, who won the best student farmer award this year, was present at the inaugural. P.V. Satish, agriculture assistant, directed the students on ways to be adopted to achieve their goal in organic farming.
Sahodaya School Complex district president M. Abdul Nazar delivered the keynote address. He demanded that the CBSE sanction grace marks to the students for farming.
Source : The Hindu
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