The school students of the State capital would be a part of various activities to be held under World Environment Day that have been commenced from Saturday at Jawahar Bal Bhavan. On Monday, a three-day Bird Watching Camp was concluded with a lot of enthusiasm and ecstasy.
On the concluding day, the students went for the camp and have learnt about the birds from the experts. It was an interactive session as the students got an opportunity to ask about their queries and learnt the amazing and unknown facts about different species of the birds.They got to learn about how birds can be identified through their body, colour, beaks, sound, legs, feathers and even eyes.
Further, the students also enjoyed learning the amazing fact about different animals as well. The students along with their mentor of Science Section of Jawahar Bal Bhavan, Parveen Nisha Khan visited Van Vihar to not only learn about birds and animals, but they also learnt about the importance in human life and how they help in balancing the nature. Besides, students were also informed about how human beings can contribute and save the animals and birds getting extinct from the world and also how they can save the environment.
The Bird Watching Camp was organised every year to mark the occasion of World Environment Day. This year as many as 90 students of Jawahar Bal Bhavan and Abhinav Bal Bhavan participated in the camp.
Further, a painting competition would be held on June 5 at Abhinav Bal Bhavan for the school students. Students of primary grade to grade twelfth can participate in the competition.
The competition is divided into three categories —Primary school from class first to fourth, Middle school from class fifth to eighth and the last category High school from class ninth to twelfth.