AIIMS school Handwara on Thursday sent around 30 students for trekking to the Baderkali eco forest area in Rajwar.

SHAKIR BHAT

November 04:–Ain-ul-alum institute of Morality and Science (AIIMS)  school Handwara on Thursday sent around 30 students of the school for trekking to the Baderkali eco forest area in Rajwar.

The students including boys and girls were sent for day-long trekking to know the value of forests in the present times.

The school management said this trekking aimed to keep the students aware of the importance of forests in our day to day life and give them first-hand experience.

They said they were headed by local Forest officer Aijaz Ahmad who headed the students along with other teachers.

Speaking to Reporters, DDC Rajwar Mohammad Suleman Mir said,  such activities are important and academics is not only schooling.

He also hoped that such activities will be carried in the other schools as well to give them first-hand experience to these budding children.

He further said such activities should have been happened in past due to Covid-19  same didn’t happen to add presently the caseload of Covid-19 is very low and this school took this good initiative.

On the occasion, DDC Rajwar, Principal  AIIMS Iftikar Ahmad, Forestor Eco forest  Baderkali Aijaz Ahmad and others were present.