Plant a tree and score extra marks in civic body schools

Plant a tree and score extra marks in your exams. Delhi civic bodies will soon allot extra marks to students for planting a tree and participating in plantation drives.

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has launched the initiative to boost survival rate of the saplings planted in Delhi.

North Delhi mayor Preeti Agarwal told Hindustan Times, “As per the initial plan, students will be given extra 1-5 marks. The principal of the school will be asked to supervise the efforts by the students in a year in saving the saplings that he or she has planted.”

Saplings planted by civic bodies have a survival rate of 40%, causing waste of human effort as well as financial loss.

A North Corporation official said the mayor has floated the proposal and the school authorities will have to see whether it will be part of the social studies subject, which is taught in Class 4 and Class 5 or extracurricular activities.

“The students across corporation schools take part in several plantation drive but in the important thing is how many saplings survive. The additional marks will motivate students to take care of the saplings,” he said.

The corporation will also give certificates to students who participate in plantation drives. “Currently, such incentives are given only for sports and other extracurricular activities,” he said.