Prime Minister Tareq Rahman is set to inaugurate a nationwide tree plantation program across more than 29,000 secondary-level educational institutions in Bangladesh. The event will be launched simultaneously from the Bangladesh-China Friendship International Conference Center in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at 2 p.m. on Monday, according to a press release from the Ministry of Education. The program was initially scheduled for 10 a.m. but was rescheduled to the afternoon for special reasons.

The initiative is part of the government’s electoral pledge to plant 2.5 billion trees over five years and to engage every child annually in tree planting under the “One Child, One Tree” campaign. The Ministry of Education plans to plant 50 million trees in schools, colleges, and madrasas within five years. Each institution will receive a climate awareness grant of 5,000 taka annually and will plant one fruit tree, one forest tree, and one medicinal tree this year.

The inauguration will be broadcast live on large screens in all participating institutions, where local ministers, lawmakers, community leaders, teachers, students, and parents will join the event in person.