To educate school children about wildlife , the National Zoological Park is organising a special summer training programme from May 22 to June. The training programme will be held in collaboration with National Museum of Natural History.
Ever year , Delhi zoo hosts summer training programmes for school students. The aim of such an exercise is to educate them about animal protection. A slew of events have been planned for the 15-day programme at the zoo premises," zoo director Renu Singh said.
"Students would be taken to field visits and shown documentaries prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WWI). Apart from this, the students will also participate in slogan writing and poster making competitions. We have formed two categories of 'Green Cubs' for students from 8 to 12 years, and 'Green Teens' from 13 to 15 years," she said.
Zoo curator Riyaz Khan said free saplings will be distributed to visitors, staff and school students during the programme. The registration for the programme has begun at the zoo.
The interested students can also log into www.Envfor.Nic.In for registering themselves for the programme.
Delhi zoo run its programme under Central Zoo Authority.