Jaipur: Education secretary Krishna Kunal said that the department will plant 11.04 crore saplings as part of the Hariyalo Rajasthan ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ campaign this year. The secretary conducted a review meeting for different initiatives of the department Friday.“During the campaign, a target of 10 saplings per student for Classes 1 to 8 and 15 saplings per student for Classes 9 to 12 has been set. For this target, the parents of the children should also be included because the basic spirit of this campaign is to connect children emotionally with plants.”A target of planting 15 saplings has been set for each teacher and employee, said officials. The secretary also directed officials to take public support for this work and to connect donors.Along with the available land of the schools, plantation will also be done on the sites approved in the NREGA of the Gram Panchayat.In the meeting, the secretary also informed that students will be able to take selfies with their mothers while planting saplings and enter them on the Eco Club portal to get instant certificates. They will also get marks in internal exams for planting saplings as per the target.“After planting saplings, it will also have to be geo-tagged on the Hariyalo app so that the sapling can be monitored continuously,” added the secretary. TNN
