International Project for ecology education in India

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*Project to sensitise school kids to ecology*

*Children to study wetlands, their eco-systems and share data; DPS only

participating Indian school * *Vivek

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*Ahmedabad, November 24:* THE city's school children will soon be sensitised

to the ecology and its problems, with the beginning of a year long project

called 'Exploring and Sharing our Endangered Treasures'. The project, a part

of the International 'Hands-on Science' network, will study the status of

wetlands in various countries.

 

Children from schools in India, Portugal, Spain, USA, Indonesia, Hong Kong,

Argentina, Bulgaria and Greece will be working together to study the

wetlands and life species surviving there.

 

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students will initially gather information about the kinds of species, their

numbers and locations. They will then try to find out if there are any

endangered species and share this information online.

 

The Delhi Public School (DPS) and the Manthan Educational Programme Society

(MEPS) will be taking the initiative for the project in the city.

 

MEPS Director Abhay Kothari says, ''DPS-Ahmedabad, is the only Indian school

in India selected to participate since it has the necessary resources.'' He

adds, that the project aims at creating awareness about the dangers facing

the ecology today. 'Hands-on Science' is an international network that

concentrates on improving the way Science and Technology are taught in

European Schools. Project Co-ordinator at DPS, Monita Dash reveals plans to

rope in various other institutions in the city for the project. She says,

''We will be seeking help from institutions like CEE to gather data''.

 

She adds, ''Everybody keeps talking about globalization and how harmful it

is for the ecology. This will give students a chance to be part of global

concerns related to ecology.

 

Stressing on the importance of students being educated about ecological

problems, DPS Principal Sunil Trivedi says, ''I think the project will help

broaden their horizons, as well as give them a chance to interact with

students from other countries.''