Thane: City schools are engaging students in a variety of activities and programmes to encourage them to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in an environment-friendly way.
Before the children go off on their Ganesh Chaturthi holidays, schools are arranging special lectures and seminars on eco-friendly celebration of the festival. Right from preparing clay idols of Lord Ganesha to origami craft for the tiny tots, schools are seen getting their students ready to use their own imagination to use the environment-friendly way of Ganesh celebrations.
Neelu Lamba, principal of Hiranandani Foundation School, Thane, said, “Since last week, our students have been making clay idols of Ganpati during the art period. Thanks to a lot of awareness campaigns, many people have shifted to environment-friendly ways of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi. Hence, even we are stressing on the importance of preserving the environment in our value education period. Apart from that, school teachers are also conducting talks to spread awareness.”
Teachers believe that this creative, social concept not only teaches students about environment and art, but also enables children to gain insight into our Indian culture.