The youngsters of Pookkottur Old LP School cheering throughout their flight journey.
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The students of Government Lower Primary School, Pookkottur, popularly often known as Pookkottur Old LP School, have been on cloud 9 since Thursday. They took their maiden flight and flew to Bengaluru, all because of the school’s parent-teacher affiliation (PTA).
The PTA organized a free flight journey for 40 students as a part of exposing the youngsters to fashionable services. The PTA launched a singular scheme referred to as Azadi Scholarship to assist the youngsters qualify for the journey.
A screening take a look at was carried out utilizing the optical mark recognition (OMR) system. Those who certified needed to bear a last interview. PTA officers mentioned the screening take a look at was held not solely to vet and choose the students, but in addition to introduce them early to the aggressive examination system.
Although the flight was deliberate a few years in the past, these chosen couldn’t make it then due to COVID-19 restrictions. Twenty students chosen earlier joined the freshly chosen 20 and boarded the flight to Bengaluru from the Calicut International Airport on Thursday. After sightseeing, buying, and a day’s keep in Bengaluru, the youngsters returned house on Saturday. They mentioned they’d skilled the happiest moments of their life.
IAS officer in Nagaland and the school’s goodwill ambassador Mohammedali Shihab, Saudi Arabia alumni chapter chairman Mujeeb Pookkottur, Qatar alumni chapter chairman Salam Perapurath, headmistress V.N. Ambika, and PTA president V.P. Saleem accompanied the youngsters.
The PTA additionally took 66 students who bagged the second place within the Azadi Scholarship examination on a practice journey.
Established in 1918, the school has performed a major position in providing major training to the folks of Pookkottur and neighbouring areas. With the help of the PTA and the alumni, the school underwent a facelift by establishing a youngsters’s park, an air-conditioned convention corridor, a library, a eating corridor, and an indoor turf courtroom.
