Students get hands-on training on production of vermicompost

'Given the current job market, rote learning alone is not enough. Hands-on skills are crucial. We are happy with the college's initiative. Even if we don't get jobs, we can become self-reliant by producing vermicompost'

- AVIJIT ROY

MALDA: In a unique initiative beyond traditional classroom learning, Malda College has started training students in the hands-on production of vermicompost. The aim is to promote self-reliance among students, moving beyond textbook theories.

The initiative has generated much enthusiasm among students. Just a short distance inside the college premises, an independent section under the department of Botany is dedicated to this project. In front of a two-storied building, a patch of open land has been transformed into a vermicomposting zone. A bamboo structure, covered with black polythene sheets, shelters the composting beds where earthworms are nurtured.