Saturday, August 31, 2024

Action Plan for Swachhata Pakhwada (1-15 September, 2024)

 


Ministry of Education

 Department of School Education & Literacy

Suggested Action Plan for Swachhata Pakhwada (1-15 September, 2024)

1.9.2024 (Sunday) note – Instead of Sunday conduct 31.08.2024 (Saturday)

Swachhata Shapath Day

·         Swachhata Shapath function may be organized wherein all students and teachers/ staff may participate. Children to speak about and take pledges for Swachhata.

·         Swachhata awareness message to be posted on the website of the Department/ Organisations/ Schools.

·         Electronic banners may be created and uploaded on the departmental/ state web portals to highlight the observance of the Swachhata Pakhwada. Publicity and awareness generation may be done through use of social media, as well as electronic and print media.

·         Upload the number of students who took Swachhata Shapath and the number of schools who participated on Google tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

2.9.2024 & 3.9.2024 (Monday & Tuesday)

Swachhata Awareness Days

·         Holding meetings of SMCs/ SMDCs/ PTAs to highlight the importance of cleanliness & sanitation and the importance of Hand-washing, promote water conservation/ Rain Water Harvesting practices during the Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTMs), parents and teachers and to encourage and inspire them for hygiene and sanitation in school as well as home.

·         Teachers to inspect sanitary facilities in each and every corner of school/ institution to do a quick assessment and make a proposal/plan for the upkeep of the facilities.

·         Adaptation for WASH facilities (hand wash facility, daily cleaning and disinfection, toilet/ urinal use, water facility use, ventilation, waste management, O&M etc) may be discussed with the local representatives. This may include ensuring adequate, clean and separate toilets for girls and boys, supplies like - soap, hand wash and safe water, disinfectants, cleaning staff etc.

·         A status check/review can be done for the piped water supply connection in the school given Jal Jeevan mission.

·         A status check and augmentation plan concerning water harvesting systems in the school may be taken up because of the current Jal Shakti Abhiyan - Catch the Rain, 2024 campaign

·         Extensive cleaning/disinfection of toilets, MDM kitchen, classrooms, fans, doors, windows, and clearing bushes in the campus to be undertaken. The local community may be involved in these activities with the participation of SMCs/PTAs and local representatives.

·         Weeding out/recording of the old files, records as per procedure.

·         All kinds of waste material like broken furniture, unusable equipment, defunct vehicles etc. should be completely removed from the premises of schools/institutions.

·         Upload a number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

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4.9.2024 & 5.9.2024 (Wednesday & Thursday)

Community Outreach Days

o    All teachers may visit nearby villages to address the local communities on Swachhata, with special focus on sustaining toilet usage and taking up waste management work in their areas. They may also sensitize local community to stop wasting of water resources and to make them aware about water conservation and ongoing Jal Shakti Abhiyan.

·         Teachers' Day may be celebrated appropriately in each school.

·         Teachers and students in association with local representatives should propagate the theme of Swachhata Pakhwada among the public in local areas.

o  Upload a number of teachers participating in the community outreach activities on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

 

6.9.2024 (Friday)

Green School Drive Day

·         Students may be asked to come out with imaginative slogans, posters and pamphlets on different themes such as water conservation, eliminating single-use plastic etc, which can be later displayed in school exhibitions and on village/ town walls/ school premises.

·         To educate students to learn about the conservation of water. To sensitize students about the impact of scarcity of water. To empower students to learn to protect the natural sources of water. To help every studentthe to save at least one litre of water per day. To encourage students towards judicious use and minimum wastage of water at home and school.

·         Upload a number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

 7.9.2024 & 8.9.2024 (Saturday & Sunday)

Swachhata Participation Days

·         Competitions can be held in districts/blocks/clusters for clean and well-maintained premises and toilets in schools.

·         Essay, Slogan, Elocution, Quiz, Painting, Skit, Poem, slogan writing competitions and Model making competitions on Swachhata. Debates on Swachhata.

·         Upload several schools that Tracker participated on Google tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

9.9.2024 & 10.9.2024 (Monday & Tuesday)

     Hand Wash Days

·         Create Awareness of the need for proper hand washing in daily life.

·         Children should be taught proper method/steps/moments, and timings of hand washing with soap before and after eating.

·         Barrier-free access to drinking water and toilet facilities for Divyang students may be reviewed and ensured.

·         Students may be taught about checking the wastage of water.

·         Water from the hand washing unit to be channelled waterborne to school gardens.

·         Children may be taught about waterborne disease/ diseases, and safe handling of drinking water so that they practice proper hand and oral hygiene.

·         Upload the number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

11.9.2024 (Wednesday)

Personal Hygiene Day

·         Audiovisual programme to be undertaken to motivate students/employees and others to maintain cleanliness.

·         Students will learn about the proper way of cutting and keeping nails clean, daily bathing with clean water, wearing clean clothes, not spitting in the open, wearing shoes/ slippers etc. (also wearing mask correctly, no handshaking, respiratory others) hygiene, not sharing personal items with others).

·         Students will be taught how to use toilets and drinking water facilities hygienically.

·         Students may be made aware of the importance of brushing teeth twice a day by making it routine habit.

·         Upload the number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

12.9.2024 (Thursday)

Swachhata School Exhibition Day

·         Essay/ Slogan/ Poem writing, Painting, Elocution, Quiz, Model making Photographs, Cartoons etc. made by students on Swachhata activities may be displayed on the School/ Education Department's website.

·         The state may document some of these exhibits.

·         Making artefacts at home using local recycled raw material for waste storage i.e., artistic dustbins using local skills promoting their culture.

·         Upload the number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

3.9.2024 and 14.9.2024 (Friday & Saturday)

Swachhata Action Plan Days

·         SMC/SDMC will create awareness among students, parents, and local people about the school's Swachhata Action Plan under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.

·         Convene small group meetings of Bal Sansad/ School Cabinet especially to discuss the Swachhata Pakhwada activities in the school.

·         Encourage community members and students to make suggestions as to what new activities can be included under Swachhata Pakhwada and forward such suggestions to DoSEL, MOE.

·         Upload the number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

15.9.2024 (Sunday)

Prize Distribution Day

·         Prize distribution for the participation of children, teachers and parents in competitions viz. Painting, Essays, Debate, Quiz, Slogan, Inter-school and Crafting, model making etc. using waste to encourage Swachhata.

·         All Schools/educational institutions may sum up their activities and work undertaken during the Pakhwada and select the best activity for forwarding to the district/state authority for uploading on the website i.e. in the public domain.

·         Upload the number of schools that participated on Google Tracker and photos, videos and publicity material on Google Drive.

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