Students of Attakulangara school seek Tharoor’s help

The school is no more an uneconomic institution, students told the MP on Sunday.

August 03, 2015 07:51 am | Updated March 29, 2016 12:56 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram:

Shashi Tharoor, MP, with students during the inauguration of‘Postcard to a Tree,’ a programme organised by Tree Walk, at theAttakulangara school in the city on Sunday. — Photo: S. Mahinsha

Shashi Tharoor, MP, with students during the inauguration of‘Postcard to a Tree,’ a programme organised by Tree Walk, at theAttakulangara school in the city on Sunday. — Photo: S. Mahinsha

The Government Central High School, Attakulangara, is no more an uneconomic institution, students of the school told Shashi Tharoor, MP, on Sunday.

They said this in a representation to Mr. Tharoor, who was at the school to inaugurate non-governmental organisation Tree Walk’s ‘Postcard to a Tree’ contest.

The school protection committee and the parent-teacher association also handed over representations to the MP. Mr. Tharoor opened the contest by writing such a post card himself.

The postcard writing contest was for children from the ages of 10 to 17. A poster exhibition ‘All for a school and green lung’ that focussed on efforts of Tree Walk and the school protection committee to conserve the school and the biodiversity on its campus was put up on the occasion.

Mr. Tharoor went through the over 70 posters on display, and expressed keen interest in the school issue.

Seventy-odd children from the school and outside participated in the postcard-writing contest. The postcards were written in Malayalam, Tamil, and English. Participation certificates were given to the students.

A function will be held to declare the winners of the contest soon and give away awards, Tree Walk’s Anitha S. said.

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