Three schools from Delhi have been selected for the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) Gobar Times National Green School Awards for 2008. The top three schools, selected in the category of Changemakers, include St Paul's School (Hauz Khas), Pinnacle School (Panchsheel Enclave) and Salwan Public School (Gurgaon).
On the category of New Schools, the awarded institutions comprise P T Chacko Memorial High School (Kunduthode, Kerala), Ambuja Public School (Pali, Rajasthan) and Anubhuti School (Jalgaon, Maharashtra), said is a CSE press statement informing the conferment of the awards on Thursday in New Delhi.
Altogether 24 schools from different parts of India were short listed with the basis of their natural resource management and environmental audit done by the students for the awards. The awards are being given out since 2006 under its Green Schools Programme of the prominent environment organisation. The Changemakers category was designed for the schools which have been with the Programme for over a year and gone for change within their campus and neighbourhoods. New Schools category included institutions which joined the Programme for the first time.
The 'Best Teacher's Team' award went to Vishwa Bharati Public School (Noida) for the second time, while Deepalaya School (Kalkaji, Delhi) was selected for the 'Best Student's Team' award. The panel of jury comprised of Prof Krishna Kumar (director of NCERT), R H Khwaja (additional secretary of Union ministry of environment and forests) and the noted agricultural scientist Dr M S Swaminathan.
Among the other schools that have made it to the 'Changemakers' list for the year are Pinnacle School in Panchsheel Enclave (New Delhi), Salwan Public School (Gurgaon), Delhi Public School (Rohini, Delhi), Kerala Public School (Mango, Jamshedpur) and the Government Senior Secondary School (Daramdim, Sikkim). Similarly the other notable newcomers this year were Ambuja Public School (Rajasthan), Anubhuti School (Maharashtra) and Amity International School (Noida).
Another new category instituted this year is the 'Biradari Award', which was conferred jointly to two Delhi schools – Sanskriti in Chanakyapuri and Sri Ram School in Vasant Vihar. This category of awards has been instituted for recognising the efforts of schools in working in partnership with communities which are outside the school's compound. Sanskriti has been working for some time now with ragpickers in Delhi, while Sri Ram School is helping the Moghiya community of Ranathambhore look for alternative livelihoods, added in the statement.
"The participating and shortlisted schools this year have shown exemplary performance in terms of managing their water, wastes and mobility. About 90 per cent of them have installed rainwater harvesting systems; 100 per cent are reusing all or some of their water. Ninety-five per cent of the schools recycle paper and compost organic waste; 90 per cent of the waste is recycled," said Sumita Dasgupta, coordinator of the Green Schools Programme.
"50 per cent of the schools have shown a marked shift to modes of mass transport and bicycles etc for commuting. In one year, about 8 per cent of the school's children who were using vehicular transport have shifted to walking," she added.
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waikhom mila devi
October 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM
the strayegies of green school considering through the understanding of children and younger generation is explaining and recognising.the problem of the environment we facing in this world today,should be prepared as much as possible action.i hope it would be greatefull and couraged.