KOCHI: The students of Chavara Darsan
CMI
Public School, Koonamavu, in Ernakulam, celebrated their harvest festival 2021 on the campus on Wednesday as the school entered the seventh year of its paddy cultivation. The students and teachers harvested the paddy cultivated within the school compound in the presence of civic body leaders and locals.
The school began paddy cultivation in the 25 cents on the compound in 2014 and students have been part of the cultivation at every stage under the supervision of school principal Fr Tomy Kochilanjickal. The paddy cultivated here was of the variety ‘Uma’ and on Wednesday around 130kg of paddy was harvested.
CMI Provincial Fr Benny Nalkkara presided over the festival. The harvesting was inaugurated by
Kottuvally
panchayat president KS Shaji. Fr Kochilanjickal welcomed everyone to the function, which was felicitated by district panchayat member
Sharon Panackal
, Kottuvally agricultural officer
Raihana and school administrator Fr Joby Kozhikkottu.
“The aim of the project was to inculcate the values and importance of agriculture and nature in the students. The seeds were sowed in August amid the pandemic restrictions,” Fr Kochilanjickal said.
School vice-principal Anila Alexander, headmistress Durga Purushotham, PTA president
Sheela Joy
, Kottuvally panchayat vicepresident Anija Viju, standing committee member Sebastian Thomas, ward member Biju Pazhampilly, etc. were also present.
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