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- Recently, the Minister of State for Education virtually launched Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022.
About Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar
- It has been instituted by the Ministry of Education to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice in schools.
- It was first instituted in 2016-17.
- The purpose of the SVP is to honour schools that have undertaken significant steps towards fulfilling the mandate of the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign.
- The SVP 2021-22 is open to all categories of schools. i.e. Government, Government aided and Private schools in both rural and urban areas.
- Assessment
- The schools will be assessed through an online portal & mobile app in 6 sub-categories:
- Water, Sanitation, Hand Washing with soap, Operation and Maintenance, Behaviour Change and Capacity Building and the newly added category on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response.
- The schools will be assessed through an online portal & mobile app in 6 sub-categories:
- Schools shall be awarded at the District, State and National level based on an internationally recognized five-star rating system.
Source:PIB
