A group of 21 meritorious students of Government schools of Haryana have scaled the 5,289 meter high Friendship Peak in Manali, Himachal Pradesh and hoisted the National flag.
A spokesman of Haryana Secondary Education Department on Thursday said that the mountaineering expedition was organised by Sainik School, Kunjpura in district Karnal from May 27 to June 14 in view of the golden jubilee year of Haryana’s inception.
The Sainik School, Kunjpura organises mountaineering expeditions in Himachal Pradesh for its students every year.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal had asked the school management to give such an opportunity to the students of Government schools also, said the spokesman.
Therefore, the students of Government schools were selected for the mountaineering expedition. One student from each district was chosen on the basis of their academic record or national level achievements, said he.
The expenditure was borne by the management of Sainik School. The expedition was flagged off by Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki from Chandigarh on May 27, he added.