Every year competitions in various fields are held between different schools. The inter-school competitions may include essay writing, drawing, elocution competition or competitions in various sports disciplines and games like football, volley-ball, etc.
During the monsoon why not have ‘tree-planting’ competition among the schools? The school planting the maximum number of saplings could be given a prize and presented a rolling shield.
This will go a long way in inculcating the love for trees among the school students. The saplings that are planted could be geo-tagged in order to ensure accountability as the planted saplings can be monitored so that the plants are looked after.
Prizes could also be given to those who grow the most number of saplings and take care of them so that they grow into trees.
The prizes could be given to the winners the following year after judging the growth of the saplings. Just distributing saplings at public functions with much fanfare will not ensure that the saplings will be planted and, more importantly, taken care of.
