Chandigarh: Following the cancellation of the board exams across the country, the national and states boards have adopted several alternative evaluation methods. Mostly, the education authorities have stuck to the academics of the students for a period of time while evaluating them.
However, out-of-the-box thinking takes the cake in Haryana with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announcing a new policy wherein extra marks will be awarded to students from Classes VIII to XII who will cater and nurture plant saplings.
The provision will be for the students of schools under the state’s Board of School Education, the CM said. The modalities for making the provision will be worked out soon, said Khattar.
The CM was speaking at the inauguration of the Panchkarma Wellness Centre, in the panoramic view of Nature Camp Thapli and Nature Trails of Morni Hills in Panchkula district, according to an official statement from CMO.
Khattar also participated in adventure sports that included hot air ballooning, paragliding and riding water scooters, in the Morni hills area of the Panchkula district.
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Rattan Lal Kataria, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Gian Chand Gupta, Tourism Minister Kanwar Pal also graced the occasion on Sunday.
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