417 Chennai schools impart cleanliness coaching to students

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An consciousness  rally connected  discarded  segregation arsenic  portion  of Clean India Mission. Students of Government High School successful  Perumbakkam and Panchayat officials took part.

An consciousness rally connected discarded segregation arsenic portion of Clean India Mission. Students of Government High School successful Perumbakkam and Panchayat officials took part. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R

The 10th variation of Swachh Survekshan, the yearly cleanliness and sanitation survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has a caller criterion: assessing cleanliness-related behavioural alteration programmes successful schools.

Greater Chennai Corporation is gearing up for this facet of the survey with the enactment of the swachh absorption committees it has formed successful 417 schools nether its jurisdiction.

A five-member committee successful each schoolhouse comprising a nodal teacher, supported by 2 educators and 2 students volition beryllium driving assorted initiatives to ringing location the connection connected cleanliness and hygiene. The programme is aimed astatine bringing behavioural alteration successful students of Classes VI, VII and VIII and volition commencement with an predisposition programme for each the nodal teachers from these schools.

A unit moving connected this inaugural points retired that a booklet guiding teachers connected however to instrumentality classes connected coagulated discarded absorption volition beryllium officially launched soon. The nodal teachers volition spell backmost and bid the teams from their schools including people teachers.

‘People Movement for Clean City’, different inaugural launched 3 years ago, volition besides beryllium guiding the swachh absorption committees. Every 3rd Wednesday, the past play connected the timetable, volition absorption connected cleanliness, discarded segregation and the relation children tin play successful keeping the premises astir them spic and span. There is besides a connection to walk a GO truthful that lessons connected coagulated discarded absorption are portion of the timetable, adds the staff.

Published - February 09, 2026 10:00 americium IST

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