Open Day at Grammar School

Rawalpindi

‘Good Agricultural Practices’ was the theme of the Open Day of Grammar School, Senior Section, Chaklala branch that was held here. The issues that were addressed in the presentations done by students were the growing food insecurity in the country, the lack of water and soil management, etc.

The solutions that were offered, ranged from transforming the agricultural practices into modern ones, such as hydroponics, agroponics, drip irrigation and large scale organic farming. Recommendations were made for developing better farming practices all of which could be facilitated by government policy.

Grammar School Director Nasreen Iqbal highlighted the focus of the school which is strongly on academics as well as on values, character building and positive attitudinal transformation.

The chief guest, FAO Assistant Representative, Nasar Hayat lauded all aspects of the presentations and provided his personal input regarding the theme. Guest of honour, Dr. Nadeem Tarrar, director, NCA, found the presentations highly impressive and said that many things had been learnt by the audience. He said NCA would like to collaborate with the school on such projects. Lok Virsa Programme Executive Rabia Amin, congratulated the school and said that the child folk artistes of Lok Virsa could spread the kinds of messages delivered by the students in their outreach projects.