Are Schools Ready to Open?
School buildings lie empty. Parents, teachers and most importantly, students are all frustrated with online education. How can schools ensure... Read More
Cleaning in schools Hygiene Compliance Cuts Risk of Infection
Regular cleaning in schools, particularly of floors, but also furniture and equipment, sanitary facilities, kitchens, sports halls and sports fields,... Read More
Water and sanitation facility for schools
10 Bengaluru city-based government schools will get better water and sanitation facilities including toilets from the next academic year. The... Read More
India’s cleanest schools
According to the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD), seven of the cleanest schools in India are from Puducherry,... Read More
WASH Strategies of Schools – What is and What can be
[box type=”shadow” ]With a population of 1.28 billion, India faces a daunting task managing its waste and implementing an effective... Read More
Education Department issued notice to schools to submit sanitation status report
The Education Department has issued notice to all schools in Cuddalore, Kancheepuram Tiruvallur and Chennai districts to submit a report... Read More
Infosys Foundation builds 161 toilets in Odisha schools
Infosys Foundation completed the construction work of 161 toilets in State of Odisha. The initiative was undertaken by the CSR... Read More
43% Karnataka schools lack toilets
India’s IT state does not have separate toilets/latrines for girls and boys in 54 schools in open violation of educational... Read More
Biogas for schools
The district panchayat in association with the Total Sanitation Cell in Thiruvananthapuram is set to implement source-level solid waste management... Read More
UDDT for rural schools
UDDT, a programme of Ecosan Promotion Project or EPP, is an alternative sanitation solution which not only provides better sanitation facility but also creates awareness among schoolchildren in Kenya. A report…
Toilets in schools – SC orders
The Supreme Court has extended its December 31 deadline to March 31 for states and Union Territories to provide separate... Read More
Colour code for schools!
The National Urban School Sanitation Initiative recently conducted survey of 304 CBSE schools in New Delhi. The survey assessed schools... Read More
WM programme for Pune schools
Twenty schools in Pune will work on waste management by practising the 4Rs – refuse, reuse, reduce and recycle –... Read More
Sanitation awards for schools
According to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to institute the... Read More
Civic schools under scanner
The Human Development Index (HDI) report of MCGM says that lack of sanitation facilities in civic schools as the major... Read More
Sustainable cleaning of schools
Case studies of schools quoted by Sumeet Bansal, Associate Manager-Marketing, Godrej & Boyce, show that even though the schools were... Read More
Rooftop: rainwater harvesting systems in Schools
The Government of Karnataka, through the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department, has launched a rooftop rainwater harvesting programme for 23,683 schools across the state. The programme seeks to provide each student with 1.5 litres of drinking water every day through harvesting rainwater from rooftops of the schools.
Cleanliness & Hygiene in Schools:Raising Questions
With the mushrooming of international schools in India, the level of awareness on cleanliness and hygiene at schools has improved... Read More
PepsiCo India launches Tidy Trails initiative
To create awareness about plastic waste management PepsiCo India in partnership with United Way Delhi is launching ‘Tidy Trails’ –... Read More
Essentiality of Cleaning Tools
In an age of increasingly mechanised cleaning, where do cleaning tools figure? How can they complement cleaning machines? What tools... Read More
