The Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, (PJTSAU), Extension Education Institute, Hyderabad is organizing a five day certificate course on ‘Terrace and Balcony Gardening’ for the beginners of Urban and Peri-Urban dwellers at EEI Rajendranagar.
According to a press release issued by the University, the training programme will begin from October 11 and conclude on October 15.
“Home makers, employees and plant enthusiasts who want to learn how to care for and maintain fruits and veggies on the terrace can register their names. During the five day long training programme, the garden experts will impart garden raising techniques to the trainers at Extension Education Institute, Rajendranagar,” the release said.
According to the release, interested candidates have to pay Rs.4,000/- for five day of training session which is not refundable. To participate in the training programme, the candidates have to register their names by visiting the websites www.eeihyd.org or www.pjtsau.edu.in.
The last day of paying course fee and registration of names has been fixed as October 3. The whole medium of instruction will be Telugu only. “Apart from this only 30 candidates who paid the fees on a first-come-first-serve basis will be able to take part in the training,” the release further said.
The certificate course is organized by Dr.M.Jagan Mohan Reddy, Director Extension Education Institute, Professor Dr.P.Vijaya Lakshmi and Professor Dr.R.Vasantha.
Meanwhile, some of the garden experts and enthusiasts have raised objections over the fixation of a huge course fee for a training period of mere five days.
Srinivas Harkara, a senior supreme court advocate and founding admin of ‘City of Terrace Gardens (CTG)’ group, said, “Though the training programme on raising terrace garden is a welcoming initiative but the course fee of Rs.4,000/- for a duration of mere five days is too much to bear for the people especially the garden enthusiasts.”
“Being an agricultural university the management of the institution should organise such programs free of cost to promote urban gardening,” he said, adding that “If required the management can take the help of the government too to amplify the arrangements for the garden lovers. This will surely encourage more and more people to raise gardens on their terrace in the city thereby conveying and fulfilling the very purpose of the agricultural university.”
