39 schools to receive national-level Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021-22 today
Vagisha Kaushik | November 19, 2022 | 10:09 AM IST | 1 min read
The national selection committee has selected 39 schools including 34 in overall category and 5 in sub-categories for the national level award.
NEW DELHI: Ministers of State for education, Subhas Sarkar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh will confer the national-level Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021-22 today to selected schools at 11 am. A total of 39 schools have been selected for the national award including 34 in the overall category and five in sub-categories by the national selection committee. The schools will get an award money of Rs 60,000 each.
The Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar has been instituted by MoE to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice in schools. The purpose of the SVP is to honor schools that have undertaken significant steps towards fulfilling the mandate of the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign.
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Schools were able to apply for the awards between January to April 15, 2022. The committee selected the schools at the district level between April 1 and May 21, 2022. The results for state and union-territory level were declared on May 27. Schools were then selected for state level awards from May 27 to June 30 and results were released between July 1 and 7.
Six sub-category wise awards have also been introduced for the first time, with award money of Rs 20,000 per school. The system will generate the overall score and rating of schools on these categories automatically. The schools will be assessed through an online portal and mobile app in these sub-categories:
- Water
- Sanitation
- Hand Washing with soap
- Operation and Maintenance
- Behaviour Change and Capacity Building
- Preparedness and Response (the newly added category on COVID-19)
Schools have been awarded at the district, state and are now being awarded at the national level based on an internationally recognized five star rating system. Besides, every school will get a certificate of participation showing the category-wise scores and overall rating of the school.
Subhas Sarkar launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021-22 on January 12.
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