It’s a shame to use students as a political missionary. If one wants to teach a student about the importance of environment, it can be done through awareness programmes conducted on school levels. Yes, they should be knowing about what can happen if trees are cut, how it may affect the environment but “using” them for political purposes is wrong. It can have an adverse effect on them like aggression when they grow up into adults.
—Arundhati Chavan, president, PTA United Forum
