A group of students from various tribal hamlets in and around Nilambur had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they took out an excursion to the Calicut airport and Kozhikode city on Friday. The 130 tribal students from 26 hamlets spread between Edakkara and Karuvarakkundu were on cloud nine as they watched in awe flights land and take off at the airport.
Most of them saw the airport for the first time and experienced the joy of watching flights take off and land. Their joy doubled when they landed at the Kozhikode beach after an awesome experience at the Regional Science Centre and Planetarium in the city.
Thanks to Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS) headed by its chairman P.V. Abdul Wahab, MP, most tribal students had their first beach experience in life. Mr. Wahab flagged off their picnic at GUP School, Chandakkunnu, where they had their breakfast. Most of them ate ‘noolputtu’ and ‘appam’ for the first time in life as most tribal communities, particularly the Kattunaikar, Paniyar and Alar tribes, do not have the habit of eating in the morning.
