The Kerala Weather Station programme has begun to show positive results in the academic lives of students who have been involved in the programme. The first such positive story comes out of Tirur in Malappuram district.
Kadeeja Farha, a Plus Two student at Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School during 2022-23, was part of a team of students, who brought out a research paper on the weather conditions at Vayala in Kollam district. The paper came to the notice of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, and the students were congratulated for their work by Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, who had written them a special note of appreciation.
Ms. Farha later joined Delhi University’s Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College for a BA Hons degree in Geography, and her application is now being processed by New York University for possible admission to the varsity, said Suresh Kumar S. of Tirur higher secondary school, one of the teachers involved in the school weather station programme since its inception in 2021.
