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On August 9,
2015
Minister
Prakash
Javadekar
shared that
GoI has
launched the
School
Nursery
Yojana/
Yojma is an
initiative
to bring
students
closer to
nature, by
involving
them in
raising of
saplings in
nurseries
created in
schools.
The
underlying
theme of the
Yojana is to
plant a tree
for
sustainable
future and
to make the
nation clean
and green.
Under the
Yojana,
students
will sow the
seeds, grow
saplings in
the school
nursery, as
part of
practical
exercise for
Biology
classes and
extra-curricular
activities
for students
of other
streams.
The students
will also
carry out a
tree census
in their
school and
the
locality.
The Yojana
is being
launched in
1, 000
schools this
year. ‘It
will be
expanded to
cover around
5, 000
schools next
year and to
about 10,
000 schools
in the third
year’
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